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The virus is typically spread during close contact and via respiratory droplets produced when people cough or sneeze. Respiratory droplets may be produced during breathing but the virus is not considered airborne. It may also spread when one touches a contaminated surface and then their face. It is most contagious when people are symptomatic, although spread may be possible before symptoms appear.(RfC March 2020) 02. Superseded by #7 The infobox should feature a per capita count map most prominently, and a total count by country map secondarily. (RfC March 2020) 03. Obsolete The article should not use
{{Current}} at the top. (March 2020)
04. Do not include a sentence in the lead section noting comparisons to World War II. (March 2020)
05. CancelledInclude subsections covering the domestic responses of Italy, China, Iran, the United States, and South Korea. Do not include individual subsections for France, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and Japan. (RfC March 2020) Include a short subsection on Sweden focusing on the policy controversy. (May 2020)
Subsequently overturned by editing and recognized as obsolete. (July 2024) 06. Obsolete There is a 30 day moratorium on move requests until 26 April 2020. (March 2020)07. There is no consensus that the infobox should feature a confirmed cases count map most prominently, and a deaths count map secondarily. (May 2020)
08. Superseded by #16 The clause on xenophobia in the lead section should read...and there have been incidents of xenophobia and discrimination against Chinese people and against those perceived as being Chinese or as being from areas with high infection rates.(RfC April 2020) 09. Cancelled
Supersedes #1. The first several sentences of the lead section's second paragraph should state The virus is mainly spread during close contact and by small droplets produced when those infected cough, sneeze or talk. These droplets may also be produced during breathing; however, they rapidly fall to the ground or surfaces and are not generally spread through the air over large distances. People may also become infected by touching a contaminated surface and then their face. The virus can survive on surfaces for up to 72 hours. Coronavirus is most contagious during the first three days after onset of symptoms, although spread may be possible before symptoms appear and in later stages of the disease.
(April 2020)
Notes
- Close contact is defined as 1 metres (3 feet) by the WHO and 2 metres (6 feet) by the CDC.
- An uncovered cough can travel up to 8.2 metres (27 feet).
010. The article title is COVID-19 pandemic. The title of related pages should follow this scheme as well. (RM April 2020, RM August 2020)
011. The lead section should use Wuhan, China
to describe the virus's origin, without mentioning Hubei or otherwise further describing Wuhan. (April 2020)
first identifiedand
December 2019. (May 2020) 013. Superseded by #15 File:President Donald Trump suggests measures to treat COVID-19 during Coronavirus Task Force press briefing.webm should be used as the visual element of the misinformation section, with the caption
U.S. president Donald Trump suggested at a press briefing on 23 April that disinfectant injections or exposure to ultraviolet light might help treat COVID-19. There is no evidence that either could be a viable method. (1:05 min)(May 2020, June 2020) 014. Overturned Do not mention the theory that the virus was accidentally leaked from a laboratory in the article. (RfC May 2020) This result was overturned at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard, as there is consensus that there is no consensus to include or exclude the lab leak theory. (RfC May 2024)
015. Supersedes #13. File:President Donald Trump suggests measures to treat COVID-19 during Coronavirus Task Force press briefing.webm should not be used as the visual element of the misinformation section. (RfC November 2020)
016. Supersedes #8. Incidents of xenophobia and discrimination are considered WP:UNDUE for a full sentence in the lead. (RfC January 2021)
017. Only include one photograph in the infobox. There is no clear consensus that File:COVID-19 Nurse (cropped).jpg should be that one photograph. (May 2021)
018. Superseded by #19 The first sentence isThe COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is a global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).(August 2021, RfC October 2023)
019. Supersedes #12 and #18. The first sentence is The global COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
(June 2024)
Potential changes to the maps
Cases or Deaths?
As more European countries are running out of tests, and both the UK and especially the US have had low testing rates from the start — counting cases is likely to poorly reflect the state of the pandemic. However, deaths are likely to be much more accurate, both at the aggregate level and the per capita level. Should we shift at least one of these maps to cover deaths or deaths per capita? Carl Fredrik 11:50, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
- It would be a nice map to have but I don't see a need to replace either of the maps there now. Adding a third map to show deaths per-capita would be preferable to replacing one of the existing maps.Monopoly31121993(2) (talk) 14:49, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
Both absolute (total deaths) and relative (deaths per capita) are useful in my opinion, and indeed better than "cases" for which the numbers are completely unreliable. The advantage of the relative map is that countries of different sizes can be compared more easily (and to judge which countries are proportionally more affected). I think it would be a good idea to show both maps (but perhaps not in the lead). Ideally, it would also be nice for the larger countries (US/China) to have the data displayed per province/state in this worldmap . Voorlandt (talk) 20:22, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
- I don't think we should include any death calculations or per capita calculations as while these may seem simple, they are not obvious or correct in their interpretation. The reason for this is that there is a massive lag in this outbreak especially, and due to unreliability of reported figures (undue comparison will be made against disparate health care systems). Both will lead people to me more alarmed or reassured than they should be. In terms of policy this violates WP:CALC specifically. --Almaty (talk) 08:36, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I follow."Due to unreliability of reported figures" we should only show the aggregate reported figures? That doesn't really follow especially when the reported figures are those currently listed on the page's chart, most sourced from the WHO. With regard to an alleged "massive lag" (in reported figures or virus symptom onset(?)) and that per-capita maps of deaths or rates of infected persons will "lead people to me more alarmed or reassured than they should be." I don't think it's up to Misplaced Pages editors to decide what facts from reliable sources Misplaced Pages readers should and should not be exposed to and certainly not on the grounds that it could makes some of them alarmed. The data here comes from the WHO and World Bank's population estimate figures for 2018.Monopoly31121993(2) (talk) 09:36, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- We should only show the raw reported figures, from the WHO. I don't see them anywhere dividing it from the world bank population estimate from 2018, that is WP:OR. That doesn't hide anything, it just prevents us from doing a calculation that the reliable source is not doing. --Almaty (talk) 09:55, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- Ok, Almaty's opinion is clear. Almaty would like to "only show the raw reported figures, from the WHO". Voorlandt and myself disagree with Almaty. Would anyone else like to share their thoughts?Monopoly31121993(2) (talk) 10:25, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- I agree that per capita statistics should be published in addition to totals. The "per number of people" statistics is routinely published in Misplaced Pages for occurences of other diseases. The only argument I see provided by Almaty against it is that it would alarm people. I don't see anything wrong with people being alarmed by alarming statistics. Don't see any explanation for Almaty's argument regarding why "per capita statistics" is misleading. That somebody else such as WHO does not provide it does not mean that it is misleading.Roman (talk) 15:44, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- I also support per capita. We are dividing by large numbers (country populations) that are well-estimated and are constant (assuming we are using some recent census), so any error is overwhelmingly due to the error in cases - which we have anyway. The resulting comparison is meaningful and useful. Here is a link for 'usefulness' . Segoldberg (talk) 20:24, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
- Yes but that isn't a clear summary of why. Its not because I only trust the WHO, or I'm a censor (far from it, the opposite), its because per WP:CALC there is not clear current consensus that dividing these figures is a meaningful interpretation of the source. The calculation is simple, but they don't do it, because the answer is misleading. --Almaty (talk) 10:29, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- Ok, Almaty's opinion is clear. Almaty would like to "only show the raw reported figures, from the WHO". Voorlandt and myself disagree with Almaty. Would anyone else like to share their thoughts?Monopoly31121993(2) (talk) 10:25, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- We should only show the raw reported figures, from the WHO. I don't see them anywhere dividing it from the world bank population estimate from 2018, that is WP:OR. That doesn't hide anything, it just prevents us from doing a calculation that the reliable source is not doing. --Almaty (talk) 09:55, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I follow."Due to unreliability of reported figures" we should only show the aggregate reported figures? That doesn't really follow especially when the reported figures are those currently listed on the page's chart, most sourced from the WHO. With regard to an alleged "massive lag" (in reported figures or virus symptom onset(?)) and that per-capita maps of deaths or rates of infected persons will "lead people to me more alarmed or reassured than they should be." I don't think it's up to Misplaced Pages editors to decide what facts from reliable sources Misplaced Pages readers should and should not be exposed to and certainly not on the grounds that it could makes some of them alarmed. The data here comes from the WHO and World Bank's population estimate figures for 2018.Monopoly31121993(2) (talk) 09:36, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, we need per capita. I see no violation of WP:CALC ("Routine calculations do not count as original research, provided there is consensus among editors that the result of the calculation is obvious, correct, and a meaningful reflection of the sources. "): the manner of calculation is super straightforward. (As an aside, I see no undue alarm; I only see undue complacency.) --Dan Polansky (talk) 12:32, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
Which ever map is chosen, it's probably best they don't look like the player wiped out entire nations in Plague Inc. 73.155.111.138 (talk) 08:30, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
I would be okay with a deaths map and a deaths per capita map being added as part of a package, per my proposal below. Sdkb (talk) 07:19, 17 March 2020 (UTC). ...It would be nice to have a gif showing at each frame the daily situation in the maps.
A statistics predictions for the near futere are welcome...
Deaths per capita map
There is now a deaths per capita map. Thanks to @Dan Polansky: I must say it looks excellent! And it does a much better job than confirmed cases per capita of showing the true severity of the regional epidemics, since the testing policies differ a lot between countries. The fatality rate is very much more comparable. Other thoughts? —St.nerol (talk) 13:47, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- I concur that cases data, which was frequently poor already, is becoming ever less accurate. We should therefore de-emphasise it in the text and in the map. Death data is more reliable (albeit not perfect). That said, while moving away from inaccurate cases data, it is still important and useful to describe the spread of the pandemic. The reader should be able to clearly see the global reach of the pandemic. Bondegezou (talk) 13:51, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- Fully agree. As long as we keep the total confirmed cases map, the global spread should be evident. —St.nerol (talk) 13:55, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- Come to think of it, this map also complements the original total confirmed cases better than the cases per capita map: Since both confirmed cases and deaths are important, and both absolute numbers and per capita are relevant, we have four possible maps. But we get as much as possible from just two maps when one is cases in total and one is deaths per capita. Then there's no redundancy! —St.nerol (talk) 16:50, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Dan Polansky:, do you think you could update the map to reflect the latest data, and give me a ping afterwards? --St.nerol (talk) 22:13, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- I have no objection to including this map, and I agree that death reporting may be more accurate. Note 1: death data is somewhat biased due to mean age of population in different countries, and to varying quality of available treatment. Note 2: there is a lag (on average, 1-2 weeks) between infection and death. Therefore this map does not represent the severity of infection at the present time, unlike the reported cases map. 77.125.33.156 (talk) 23:23, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Deaths are very likely underreported in at least two countries that have the darkest shading on that map: Italy nursing home elderly resident COVID-19 deaths appear to be underestimated by a factor of 3 in one case listed in that article, and other cases cited in the article suggest that this is widespread in parts of Italy; the COVID-19 death count in Iran is quite likely, according to many different sources of information (see the article) to be a lot higher than the official value. Despite this, I tend to think that the death counts, despite being delayed compared to the positive SARS-CoV-2 detections, will be more reliable than the positive SARS-CoV-2 detection count in many countries. Adding the map, either normalised for population or not, would be useful. Boud (talk) 00:18, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- @St.nerol: I updated the map yesterday evening. Next planned update of the map is today evening. I see no gain in updating the map more frequently, except perhaps to correct errors should there be any. --Dan Polansky (talk) 06:44, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- @St.nerol: I think the article would benefit from both reported cases per capita and deaths per capita maps. The article needs to contain the best caveat about how both reported figures are underrepresenting the real figures as it can, as far as can be done while meeting Misplaced Pages verifiability guidelines. As for whether we need absolute counts when we have per capita, some have argued that using colored backgrounds for non-capita map is misleading, or even fraudulent, and I can see what they mean: the colors give impression that we are dealing with density, which only applies to per capita maps. It would make sense to me to only include two maps: total reported cases per capita and total deaths per capita. --Dan Polansky (talk) 06:54, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Dan Polansky: You're right! I made a miscalculation and didn't see that the map was indeed updated. I'll try to start an RFC here to see how we should use the map. St.nerol (talk) 10:36, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- As of March 19, in cases per capita the undisputed leader is San Marino (4244), followed by Faroe Islands (1474), then Vatican City (1248), then three more mini states (Iceland, Andorra and Liechtenstein), with Italy being only seventh and just above Luxembourg, according to worldometer. Cases per capita demonstrate testing per capita rather than the severity of the decease. Deaths per capita seem to be more indicative of the severity (this data is not given on worldometer or any known to me source, except the map of Dan).--Maxaxax (talk) 00:44, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- (For reference, on 2020-03-19 19:12:38 UTC, the top 3 figures for deaths per million people calculated from WP data were San Marino: 417; Italy: 56.5; Spain: 17. --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:22, 20 March 2020 (UTC))
Can someone please add the number of Moroccan cases up to 109, as confirmed today by the health minister of Morocco — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.253.146.186 (talk) 15:56, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
RfC on which maps to use
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There are three very relevant maps currently being discussed: Absolute number of confirmed cases, Confirmed cases per capita and Deaths per capita. They are displayed above. Which maps should we use in the lede?
- Confirmed cases per capita, Absolute number of confirmed cases (current)
- Deaths per capita, Absolute number of confirmed cases
- Confirmed cases per capita, Deaths per capita
- All three (in a collapsed state?)
St.nerol (talk) 10:58, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- Comment on Overlapping RfCs This RfC overlaps slightly with the one already in progress below about whether to list a per capita map first or a totals map first. I'm not exactly sure how to handle overlapping RfCs. I propose we agree that that one take precedence regarding which map to list first/uncollapsed and this one take precedence regarding which map(s) to list. If there is a conflict between the RfCs, the RfC with significantly more participation will take precedence, or if they are roughly equal, that one as the first RfC will take precedence. (Note: I'm making this comment before any !votes have been cast in this RfC.) Sdkb (talk) 17:10, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- Option 4, with one primary uncollapsed map (as decided by the other RfC) and the rest collapsed. All three maps have potential value; let's give readers the option to access them. Collapsed maps take up very little room, decluttering and allowing us to move the photos higher up, while also taking only a single easy click for interested readers to access. They're a win-win. Sdkb (talk) 17:45, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- Hmm, St.nerol, it seems like you and I may be the only ones here currently. If no one else comments otherwise, would you be alright with me boldly implementing option 4 with the three maps (leaving out the daily new cases map, which isn't updated/developed enough to be ready for mainspace yet). We'd of course revert if others start chiming in and the consensus moves in a different direction. Sdkb (talk) 21:17, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Sdkb: I encourage you to boldly implement the change. I also think it can help us in discussing things more clearly (maps shown/hidden, which maps, and priority of maps). Right now a consensus is hard to grasp. St.nerol (talk) 14:42, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- Option 3, if not that then Option 4: My preference is show only two maps: total confirmed cases per capita and total deaths per capita. If non-per-capita should be shown in addition, it should not be a color map but rather a pie map where the counts are represented as pies (circles) of different sizes; the objection against color map is 1) obvious: do not represent as density something that is not density, and 2) on another wiki there is a comment tracing the objection to How to Lie with Maps, Third Edition by Mark Monmonier. --Dan Polansky (talk) 07:53, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
Daily new cases
I propose as a second map that we simply use this map, as it gives more relevant information, does not involve calculations, and it will be able to be updated very easily based on the link provided. --Almaty (talk) 13:05, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- I disagree that that Almaty's map "gives more relevant information" than the per-capita infection rate. I think knowing how many people on average in a country are infected with a virus is very relevant information.Monopoly31121993(2) (talk) 13:25, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- I would say that the per capita will be relevant information in a few weeks, but pertinently when they are published by reliable sources. Additionally the map of per capita has a caption that we cannot hope to keep current. --Almaty (talk) 13:31, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- Why will per capita be relevant information in a few weeks and not today?As for keeping the map current there are many maps on Misplaced Pages that regularly need to be updated and I have updated this one twice already over the past few days.Monopoly31121993(2) (talk) 13:48, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- I rescind comments in relation to undue concern or alarm. I simply don't think that this map is verifiable. In order for it to remain verifiable we have three options IMO.
- 1. Only use raw figures from the WHO
- 2. Use another source that is making maps that we consider to be reliable.
- 3. Waiting until any WP:MEDRS compatible source at least publishes a table showing per capita case rates. --Almaty (talk) 01:08, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
- ALASKA with 500 is Strange, very !
- @Almaty: I would be okay with this map being added as part of a package, per my proposal below. Sdkb (talk) 07:17, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
- thanks mate, sounds like a great way to move this discussion forward from a clear stalemate. —Almaty (talk) 07:27, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Almaty: I would be okay with this map being added as part of a package, per my proposal below. Sdkb (talk) 07:17, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
- ALASKA with 500 is Strange, very !
- Why will per capita be relevant information in a few weeks and not today?As for keeping the map current there are many maps on Misplaced Pages that regularly need to be updated and I have updated this one twice already over the past few days.Monopoly31121993(2) (talk) 13:48, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- I would say that the per capita will be relevant information in a few weeks, but pertinently when they are published by reliable sources. Additionally the map of per capita has a caption that we cannot hope to keep current. --Almaty (talk) 13:31, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- I disagree that that Almaty's map "gives more relevant information" than the per-capita infection rate. I think knowing how many people on average in a country are infected with a virus is very relevant information.Monopoly31121993(2) (talk) 13:25, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Almaty: Have any updates been made to this map? It needs some changes before it'll be ready for mainspace (in my view). Namely: new updated data, conversion to SVG, moving the legend out of the image itself (to parallel the other maps), and switching to red (the color we're using for case counts). I'd also prefer it be a per capita new cases per day map, rather than totals by country (we could always have both). Sdkb (talk) 23:04, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- here @Sdkb: but I don’t know how to make it SVG. —Almaty (talk) 17:00, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- Hmm, it seems like the easiest thing to do if it's possible would be to just embed the map via an iframe (see the "embed" share link). But I'm not sure if Misplaced Pages can handle that. If not, map creators @Dan Polansky, Wugapodes, Raphaël Dunant, and Ratherous:, would it be possible to import the data listed on the website (ideally keeping the timeline)? Sdkb (talk) 17:27, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- here @Sdkb: but I don’t know how to make it SVG. —Almaty (talk) 17:00, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
Cases by density
In addition to maps showing number of infections by country & another showing incidence by population, there should be another showing incidence by density (eg cases per hundred sq kms). That would show where it's most concentrated. Jim Michael (talk) 10:10, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
And dan please read medrs. It is our most onerous policy to adhere to and this article is confusing because many claims can just have a reliable source, but all medical claims must have a medrs source. This is generally review articles, international authoritative statements (from bodies such as the WHO or the DSM) and medical texts. If you find a CFR in one of those please insert it with all the disclaimers. Almaty (talk) 15:22, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Per capita data vs. totals by country
Moved to new subsection below. Sdkb (talk) 18:50, 17 March 2020 (UTC)The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
By and large, I much prefer the per capita map. Especially as the virus continues to spread, the totals map is increasingly becoming just a variation on a world population map. It makes no sense to display prominently a map where, if Exampleistan suddenly splits into two countries tomorrow, the outbreak would suddenly show up as half as bad there. The one redeeming factor of that map is that it appropriately shows how severe the outbreak has been in China, whereas the per capita map does not. Fortunately, there's a solution to that: splitting up the data for China by province. That way, Hubei will presumably show up as appropriately severe. The main downside of this approach is that some readers might ask why China gets more granular data than other countries, but I think most won't have a problem (and if the data does exist for generating a world map of prevalence by zip code or some other smaller unit and we could turn it into a map, that would of course be brilliant). Sdkb (talk) 06:33, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
- See also: commons:File_talk:March14_cases_per-capita-COVID-19.png#Colouring_seems_misleading_for_China. Sdkb (talk) 06:44, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
- The data for such an addition is pretty readily available; both the population and case numbers are included in yesterday's WHO daily situation report. Sdkb (talk) 05:08, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Now there are 180 cases in brasil, but in the main table it dropped from 151 to 121 LGCR (talk) 18:10, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
What would folks think of listing the per capita map before the totals map? (per the logic in my archived comment directly above about why per capita is generally more useful for readers wanting to know where the outbreak is most intense) I'm going to try boldly implementing, but we can discuss here if it turns out to be controversial. Sdkb (talk) 23:58, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
- Ratherous, you reverted. What's your argument? Sdkb (talk) 02:36, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- Regardless of the use of per capita maps, the main informative resource in use by most media outlets and general epidemic data is the total cases map, showing the exact extent and reach the virus had on a certain number of people. --Ratherous (talk) 02:56, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Ratherous: The main thing our readers are looking for in the maps is an indication of where the virus is most severe, and the per capita map does that best. Media outlets using totals are doing so mainly through a combination of poor statistical knowledge and laziness in not wanting to count populations. Another way to look at it: the totals map is also "per" in a way. It's just that rather than using an even unit that allows equal comparisons, the totals map uses "per country", making it look like the virus is worse in more heavily populated countries, e.g. India is darker than Vatican City. That's not what we want. Sdkb (talk) 03:24, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- I don't think it's very fair to assume laziness of journalists, rather it is a clear indication that readers are indeed looking more for totals of infected individuals at any given place. There is a very blatant reality that larger countries have greater potential at posing risk to the rest of the world due to their larger populations. The one person infected in the Vatican has a much lower probability of spreading the virus than the now 147 infected individuals in India. Regardless of the use of per capita maps, the main maps of the total should always be placed first. --Ratherous (talk) 05:27, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- I've started an RfC below so we can get some more perspectives on this. Sdkb (talk) 18:40, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- I don't think it's very fair to assume laziness of journalists, rather it is a clear indication that readers are indeed looking more for totals of infected individuals at any given place. There is a very blatant reality that larger countries have greater potential at posing risk to the rest of the world due to their larger populations. The one person infected in the Vatican has a much lower probability of spreading the virus than the now 147 infected individuals in India. Regardless of the use of per capita maps, the main maps of the total should always be placed first. --Ratherous (talk) 05:27, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Ratherous: The main thing our readers are looking for in the maps is an indication of where the virus is most severe, and the per capita map does that best. Media outlets using totals are doing so mainly through a combination of poor statistical knowledge and laziness in not wanting to count populations. Another way to look at it: the totals map is also "per" in a way. It's just that rather than using an even unit that allows equal comparisons, the totals map uses "per country", making it look like the virus is worse in more heavily populated countries, e.g. India is darker than Vatican City. That's not what we want. Sdkb (talk) 03:24, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- Regardless of the use of per capita maps, the main informative resource in use by most media outlets and general epidemic data is the total cases map, showing the exact extent and reach the virus had on a certain number of people. --Ratherous (talk) 02:56, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
RfC on which type of map to list first
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Should this article list a per capita count map first, or a total count by country map first? Sdkb (talk) 18:40, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- Per capita map. The main thing our readers are looking for in the maps is an indication of where the virus is most severe, and the per capita map does that best. The total map, by contrast, is increasingly becoming just a variation on a world population map as the virus continues to spread. It makes it look like the virus is worse in more heavily populated countries, e.g. India is darker than Vatican City. That's not what we want. It makes no sense to display most prominently a map where, if Exampleistan suddenly splits into two countries tomorrow, the outbreak would suddenly show up as half as bad there. Another way to look at it: the totals map is also "per" in a way. It's just that rather than using an even divisor that allows equal comparisons, the totals map uses the uneven "per country" divisor. Sdkb (talk) 18:40, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- Per capita map per Sdkb. — RealFakeKimT 19:08, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- Per capita Per Sdkb, and as a stark example, shading implying San Marino, with around 120 cases in a population of fewer than 40,000, is on par with Hong Kong (181 cases in population of 7.4+ million), is bollocks. CaradhrasAiguo (leave language) 19:17, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- Total Count Still the main resource of information on statistics. Per capita map can be included, but in no way should it go before the main map. Readers should primarily see the amount of actual infected people around the world. Plus still a more accurate exact figure. As I said earlier, it's not only the extent of infection in any given country, but also the threat of any given population to infect other people, which would rely on total count. --Ratherous (talk) 19:38, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- Per capita per Sdkb. Total count map does not need to be listed at all. Per capita is directly calculated from totals. A map for totals with colored background is arguably grossly misleading (not factually wrong but misleading), since the colored background visually suggests we are dealing with density, which is only true for the per capita map. While in the per capita map, China has a slightly less dark color, it is still relatively dark and when the reader considers their background knowledge that China has a huge population, they should immediately see that the China total count is actually very large. --Dan Polansky (talk) 07:29, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- Very well put. For China, my preferred solution is to split the data by province — see the proposal for that below. Sdkb (talk) 21:03, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- Total Count Map – This is still the aggregate total and the main source of information on the raw statistics. The per capita count map is something that is not entirely obvious at a glance. While a per capita count provides useful information on the spread density within a population, it fails to provide a picture of the actual, overall spread and can actually be misleading to unfamiliar viewers. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 18:39, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- But this manner of visual represenation of the raw statistics is misleading; if it were pies (circles) rather than background colors, that would not be misleading. I don't see where the claim that per capita is misleading is coming from: it represents density with a visual representation corresponding to density. --Dan Polansky (talk) 07:57, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- daily new cases or new cases per capita if we must, cos it shows where the outbreaks are that day, as Cumulative doesn’t give good info like today China and Italy look the same. —Almaty (talk) 17:02, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- Percentage map Please, it could be good to show a map with the figures in percentages (%) of death people for each national population. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.39.214.62 (talk) 09:31, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Note Opinions on which maps to use that go beyond per capita vs total count by country should go instead in the other maps RfC. Sdkb (talk) 21:43, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Data sources for maps
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Are coronavirus maps, should we use Our World in Data as a reliable attributable source, or should we be making calculations not yet published in reliable sources? --Almaty (talk) 14:06, 14 March 2020 (UTC)I removed the aggregate new cases map which was included in this history section of the page so that we can discuss it first. There are two major issues with the map. The data does not come from the WHO but from a third-party charity website called "Our World In Data"..."a project of the Global Change Data Lab, a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity Number 1186433)." The map claims that there were 0 new cases on March 13th in Iceland, Norway, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, and a few dozen other countries and that's just inaccurate.Monopoly31121993(2) (talk) 13:48, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
Guys, I wrote a program that can read a dataset and generate an svg map. . It currently fetches data from John Hopkins University, but the dataset doesn't have every country/territory and is updated daily, not as frequent as the current map. I say we generate the maps using a community-maintained list. Ythlev (talk) 11:45, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Here's a very quickly written grabber that returns a dictionary where the countries are the keys and the values are list of column values as integers (no work of beauty, but it works and is here right now): def grabFromTemplate():
import urllib, re
url="https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_data"
allLines =
for line in urllib.urlopen(url):
allLines.append(line.rstrip())
allLines = " ".join(allLines)
allLines = re.sub("^.*jquery-tablesorter", "", allLines)
allLines = re.sub("</table.*", "", allLines)
allLines = re.sub("<(th|td)*>", r"<td>", allLines)
allLines = re.sub("</?(span|img|a|sup)*>", "", allLines)
allLines = re.sub("</(th|td|tr)*>", "", allLines)
allLines = re.sub("[.*?]", "", allLines)
allLines = re.sub(",", "", allLines)
allLines = re.sub("<small>.*?</small>;?", "", allLines)
allLines = re.sub("</?i>", "", allLines)
outData = {}
rows = allLines.split("<tr> ")
for row in rows:
try:
cols = row.split("<td>")
cols.pop(0)
cols.pop(0)
country = cols.pop(0)
cols = cols
cols =
except:
continue
outData = cols
#for key, value in outData.items():
# print key, value
return outData
--Dan Polansky (talk) 12:53, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
NCBI StatPearls link in support of per capita, in addition to actual number . Prevalence, or cumulative cases per capita, is an estimate of the probability for a person in the country to be sick (useful if you are considering walking around in public in that country). Incidence, or new cases per unit time, is useful for tracking rate of new cases. Segoldberg (talk) 18:08, 16 March 2020 (UTC) Hi there, you may already know, but i would like to inform you that the data for the per capita map is wrong, it shows Australia as >0.1 but it is currently at >10 it has actually been >1 since the 1st march so the map is definitely not accurate as of 13th march as it states. I have not checked for other countries but there are probably more mistakes that need fixing. Just your average wikipedian (talk) 06:35, 16 March 2020 (UTC) You may know x and y, but you may not conduct operations on them. Just want to say this is the weirdest discussion in history. If a map of cases by country is acceptable based on the data available, then a map of cases per capita causing such trauma because it's OR (no it isn't) or it's somehow fundamentally unknowable information, implies that the wiki page "countries and dependencies by population" also needs deleting. Otherwise, x is acceptable, y is acceptable, but x/y is magically wrong. Funny old place. 165.225.81.57 (talk) 10:33, 17 March 2020 (UTC) |
Cumulative cases vs peak active cases
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If the first map is meant to be more directly sourced, the second should be more reflective of impact. Taking into account the health care systems and "flattening the curve", the second map should be peak active cases per capita. Ythlev (talk) 11:34, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
So right now we have two competing per capita maps; one cumulative and one peak outbreak (see above). At the moment, I think that the cumulative map of @Raphaël Dunant: is preferrable. If China had another major outbreak, the peak outbreak map of @Ythlev: would not change a bit, but the cumulative map would reflect the change. Second, the peak outbreak map has a funny scale. How are the cutoff levels chosen? I appreciate Ythlev's ambition to reflect the intensity of the blow to the healthcare system and the general population. Perhaps this could be accomplished by a deaths per capita map? St.nerol (talk) 14:55, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
The cases per capita map was removed from the article because it needed fixing. A corrected svg was then restored to the article. You have now removed it twice in favour of your own map. I see no consensus for having a peak active cases map instead of a regular cases per capita map. There are also some potential problems with your map that needs to be discussed; @Redav: mentioned some of them. Total confirmed cases per capita is data readily available from e.g. https://www.worldometers.info/ An illustration of this data clearly has encyclopedic value. The regular cases per capita map should be restored to the page until if a consensus here should say otherwise. –St.nerol (talk) 16:04, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
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I greatly appreciate the efforts of Monopoly31121993(2) to produce a PNG per capita map for the infobox, but there is still an urgent and open request for SVG version that can be updated by all editors, like the primary map. Perhaps the script developed by User:Ythlev and User:Dan Polansky above could be of use to an editor reading this who would like to give it a try? — Goszei (talk) 18:40, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
There are a few thing to sort out first.
 I've included details in case someone wants to check. Ythlev (talk) 12:05, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
@Redav: Well, some countries are thought to underreport figures. Some countries have more tests than others. It's impossible for the map to be perfectly accurate no matter what. Ythlev (talk) 06:10, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
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Including additional maps in collapsed state
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Draft:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic/Infobox sandbox Old title: Let's introduce an interactive drop-down menu to switch between maps As I explained above, I think the per capita cases map is much more useful for readers than the total cases map, and will continue to become even more so as the virus said. That said, I can imagine some readers validly wanting to see a total cases map, as well as a total deaths map, per capita deaths map, total new cases map, and per capita new cases map. As we (hopefully) work on getting the per capita map turned into an SVG, I was wondering whether it would be possible to, instead of having multiple maps above and below each other, display one map by default (I'd prefer the per capita cases map due again to my explanation above, but that's open to debate), and have a drop-down menu that readers could use to switch between maps, ideally including most or all of the ones I just listed. Do any of the more technically-inclined among you know if we could do that? I know it's fancy, but it seems like it would be worth the effort for the top of an article as prominent as this. Sdkb (talk) 20:17, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
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Splitting data by state/province
(mostly copying my comment from above to kick this off) By and large, I much prefer the per capita map. It's main problem seems to be that it doesn't appropriately show how severe the outbreak has been in the part of China where it originated. Fortunately, there's a solution to that: splitting up the data for China by province. That way, Hubei will presumably show up as appropriately severe. The main downside of this approach is that some readers might ask why China gets more granular data than other countries, but I think most won't have a problem (and if the data does exist for generating a world map of prevalence by zip code or some other smaller unit and we could turn it into a map, or just adding data for e.g. Italy, that would of course be brilliant). The data for such an addition is pretty readily available; both the population and case numbers are included in yesterday's WHO daily situation report. Sdkb (talk) 18:48, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
- Sure; I don't mind showing provinces of China, or some other large country where the case concentration turns out to be very different for different parts. But I guess China is the most relevant to show provice-level here. —St.nerol (talk) 23:06, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
- Good idea, but could be harder to implement. If you give me a blank world map that has the provinces split and if you give me Misplaced Pages pages from which I can grab covid and population data for the provinces, I can implement that. I guess I could find the data pages by myself, and the bottleneck would be getting the map. --Dan Polansky (talk) 07:59, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- I've asked for help with the data at the China pandemic article; they could really use a table just for themselves, but it'd also be helpful for you. Hopefully they'll get on it. Regarding finding a blank map, I'm guessing it exists somewhere, but as I've never created a map before, I'm not the best person to find it. Can someone else help us out with that? Sdkb (talk) 17:34, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- The data is not a problem; my script on Commons now calculates deaths per million people for Chinese provinces and for Italian regions. I need the map. --Dan Polansky (talk) 17:44, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Dan Polansky: Will this work? File:Blank Map World Secondary Political Divisions.svg Sdkb (talk) 00:20, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- It could be made to work, I think, but it is not so straightfoward, e.g. the Chinese provinces have ids but no titles, e.g. search for "Hubei" finds nothing in that svg. And the svg is large, so what the script should probably do is pick Chinese province elements from File:Blank Map World Secondary Political Divisions.svg and add it to File:BlankMap-World.svg. However, I am too tired, and I am unlikely to spend more effort in making the script produce a map with Chinese provinces in the coming days; I am sorry. --Dan Polansky (talk) 07:06, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Dan Polansky: Will this work? File:Blank Map World Secondary Political Divisions.svg Sdkb (talk) 00:20, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- The data is not a problem; my script on Commons now calculates deaths per million people for Chinese provinces and for Italian regions. I need the map. --Dan Polansky (talk) 17:44, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- I've asked for help with the data at the China pandemic article; they could really use a table just for themselves, but it'd also be helpful for you. Hopefully they'll get on it. Regarding finding a blank map, I'm guessing it exists somewhere, but as I've never created a map before, I'm not the best person to find it. Can someone else help us out with that? Sdkb (talk) 17:34, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Interactive timeline maps
Template:Interactive COVID-19 maps lists some interactive maps I created using mw:Extension:Graph. Readers can move the slider at the top to view global COVID cases for a given day, and hovering over a country displays the exact datapoint for that country on that day. I'm interested in feedback on the maps since the user interface could probably be improved, and given the extensive coverage of this pandemic, I'm also interested in how editors familiar with this topic would use them. My first thought was to have them at Timeline of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic but maybe others have better ideas. Thanks to Siliconred for suggesting this at WP:VPT. — Wug·a·po·des 05:48, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
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- @Wugapodes: Ooh, I like these; nice work! Two big issues that I'd want to see addressed before these are implemented anywhere. First, South Korea and North Korea are switched (North Korea is the one that at least claims to have no cases). I didn't look too closely, so there may also be other data issues. Second, when you're at the start of the slider, it's weird to have some countries be gray and others white; it's only at the end that you realize the gray ones are the ones that still don't have any cases. Just make them all white. In terms of use, it seems we may be poised to collapse the non-primary maps, and I'd be fine with a timeline being included among those, or even, if it develops enough, becoming the primary map itself. Sdkb (talk) 06:47, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- Other more minor issues: some weird stuff can happen with the cursor when you move off the image and then back on, etc. Also, given how terrible people are at geography, it'd be nice to display the country name when you hover over a country, not just the case count. And ideally (perhaps pie-in-the-skyly), clicking on the country would lead to the article on the pandemic in that country. Sdkb (talk) 06:53, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- I fixed the South Korea issue; the data are formatted by script, and it chose the wrong korea ISO code. The colors have been changed, and the country name is now displayed on hover as well. The weird behavior when you mouse off the canvas is something I'm trying to fix. As for clicking on a country and being taken to the corresponding article, I think it can be done. I'll look into both of those last two tasks tomorrow. — Wug·a·po·des 07:52, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- Definitely agree with Sdkb that as this develops it could be implemented as the primary map. It's displaying information in a similar way but is far more useful, particularly because you can see the country-to-country count and see the progression over time. SiliconRed (talk) 15:32, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- Other more minor issues: some weird stuff can happen with the cursor when you move off the image and then back on, etc. Also, given how terrible people are at geography, it'd be nice to display the country name when you hover over a country, not just the case count. And ideally (perhaps pie-in-the-skyly), clicking on the country would lead to the article on the pandemic in that country. Sdkb (talk) 06:53, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- These are fantastic. Nice work Wugapodes! I'm looking forward to seeing this project as it progresses. Also, would it be possible to add a zoom toggle? Some countries are harder than others to get at with the mouse. SiliconRed (talk) 15:23, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- I've added a scaling parameter, and you can play with it in the above example. I have also fixed the weird behavior when you drag off the map canvas. After looking into it, I don't think we can set it up so that readers are taken to the associated pandamic page when they click on a country; this seems to be a limitation of Misplaced Pages's implementation of the graphing software. — Wug·a·po·des 00:06, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Hmm, I'm not sure how to access that; I don't see any zoom button. Sdkb (talk) 01:12, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- It's not a zoom button---I'm not sure that's possible, but editors can scale the size of the graphic using
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- It's not a zoom button---I'm not sure that's possible, but editors can scale the size of the graphic using
- Hmm, I'm not sure how to access that; I don't see any zoom button. Sdkb (talk) 01:12, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Other small issues: I think it'd be better to start at the present than last December; let readers go back rather than making them go forward, so that they're seeing the most essential information (i.e. the most up-to-date) first. And even countries without cases should still be named, rather than appearing as "no data". Sdkb (talk) 01:12, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- The default start date is sorta fixed, but could be more elegant. As for countries with no data, I will look into how to fix that. Currently it gets country names from the dataset, so if there's no data, there's no country name. — Wug·a·po·des 01:51, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Update There are two new maps which show the stats per capita for each country based on the UN Population Division statistics for 2019. Even better, this new dataset allowed me to implement Sdkb's request for displaying country names even when the Johns Hopkins dataset has no COVID data for that country. — Wug·a·po·des 22:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Wugapodes: is there any way to get it so that readers don't have to click the "play" button before they can interact with it? Sdkb (talk) 23:08, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- I don't think so. I think that's a feature of the Wiki software so that if readers don't interact with the graph, it doesn't eat up their computer resources. Even if we could, I think it's better to have it just as a visual indication that the content is different from the static images they're used to seeing on Misplaced Pages. — Wug·a·po·des 23:22, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Implementing
Now that we've implemented collapsed non-primary maps, I'd say we don't have to wait too much longer before adding the case timeline among them. Let's wait a little longer for some more kinks to be ironed out, then go for it. (It's still a ways away from being ready to be the primary map, in my view, but as I said above, I could see that happening eventually.) Sdkb (talk) 05:53, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Wugapodes: I'm going to go ahead and implement the cases per capita timeline. Again, great work! Sdkb (talk) 00:28, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Okay, done! One thing I notice, though, is that I had to make it pretty small to avoid causing the infobox from jumping out too much. Is there any way to implement it so that clicking on it would bring up a larger version? Sdkb (talk) 00:44, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Sdkb: Probably not in the map itself (I don't think the software doesn't allow us to open links), but I've edited the caption to include a link to Template:Interactive COVID-19_maps/Per capita confirmed cases/Large which is an enlarged version of the map. — Wug·a·po·des 23:03, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Good solution; thanks! Sdkb (talk) 23:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Sdkb: Probably not in the map itself (I don't think the software doesn't allow us to open links), but I've edited the caption to include a link to Template:Interactive COVID-19_maps/Per capita confirmed cases/Large which is an enlarged version of the map. — Wug·a·po·des 23:03, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Okay, done! One thing I notice, though, is that I had to make it pretty small to avoid causing the infobox from jumping out too much. Is there any way to implement it so that clicking on it would bring up a larger version? Sdkb (talk) 00:44, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Best reliable source for data on cases, deaths and recoveries???
Which source should be used for the lede? All have different amounts, but the WHO site has wildly differing case and death totals. Expert opinion is required. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 ?
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/685d0ace521648f8a5beeeee1b9125cd ?
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ ? MattSucci (talk) 18:16, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- I believe Worldometer is the de facto trusted source due to its complete independence from governing bodies, and good reputation (their services have been used by the United Nations in the past, for example). -- Pingumeister 12:43, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- why would we trust a private company and an algorithm that isn’t independently verifiable? Plus they just sourced a wiki and that’s against our guidelines. —Almaty (talk) 18:00, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- I don't understand how your link relates to sourcing of a wiki. -- Pingumeister 18:03, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- why would we trust a private company and an algorithm that isn’t independently verifiable? Plus they just sourced a wiki and that’s against our guidelines. —Almaty (talk) 18:00, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
there should be absolutely no information about individual people's responses to this. Government responses are acceptable but not individuals.
this is supposed to be an article about facts. Not your opinion of trump. Or any other political leader for that matter. I don't come here to listen to you bitch. I come here to find facts.
Sickboy254698 (talk) 04:38, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Sickboy254698: Somehow I think you're in the wrong section. There have been a few revdels which I think is what you're having an issue with. --Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝) 05:37, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Problem with File:FlattenTheCurveCDC.gif
In the section 2019–20_coronavirus_pandemic#Outbreak is File:FlattenTheCurveCDC.gif.
This figure is taken from https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/rr/rr6601a1.htm, where it is titled "Figure 1. Goals of community mitigation for pandemic influenza"
The problem with this figure is that it illustrates the result of changing multiple variables, in particular "Reduce number of overall cases" as well as delay the timecourse.
In the source, it is not an introductory figure, but a late discussion illustration of the late discussion of the paper. On this page, a more introductory figure is needed. I suggest a figure that changes only one variable, the timecourse. For a first introduction to the concept, the two curves should have the same area under the curve, the number of cases should be the same in the two scenarios. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:23, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- There is nothing wrong with the figure. It sounds like you misread the source. The Figure 1 illustrate the Purpose section in the source after the introduction, it is not about any late discussion, it in fact illustrates an early part of the source and it is the introductory figure. Some publications simply put the figures, tables and notes at the end. I suspect you are misled by the silly figure given in the Coronavirus disease 2019#Prevention, which should not have been used, and I have raised objections to that figure before. Hzh (talk) 23:55, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- I have adjusted the figures in Coronavirus disease 2019#Prevention. Hzh (talk) 13:01, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- User:SmokeyJoe I also agree that figures showing one concept at a time is better. And of course we have two that do a good job at that. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 05:03, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks Doc James. What do you mean by "we have two that do a good job at that"? I am still having trouble swallowing the caption numbered points: "(1) delay outbreak peak (2) decompress peak burden on healthcare, known as flattening the curve (3) diminish overall cases and health impact." (1) & (2) are different aspects of the same concept, while (3) is a completely different concept. The final clause of (3) "and health impact" I think is a throwaway line that is no more particular to (3) than than (1)/(2). --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:42, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- One and two are not the same concept. Delay is a separate aim from mitigate. UK health sources in fact identify 4 phases - containment, delay, mitigate and research . The Spinoff one in fact illustrate two concepts (delay outbreak peak and decompress peak burden, therefore it is not just the one that Doc James said), they just did it badly, and their illustration is unsupported by the source (the CDC source does not state it going below healthcare capacity). Since it is based on the one illustrating 3 concepts, I'd say it is an error on their part rather than any attempt to show one concept. They did not know what they were doing. All the academic studies I have seen show shifted peaks and a decrease in number of total cases at the same time. They did another one diagram in Coronavirus disease 2019#Prevention which is about effective measures producing a sharp decrease in number of cases, but that illustrates a separate scenario and should not be taken as a separate concept for the first curve. Hzh (talk) 12:48, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks Doc James. What do you mean by "we have two that do a good job at that"? I am still having trouble swallowing the caption numbered points: "(1) delay outbreak peak (2) decompress peak burden on healthcare, known as flattening the curve (3) diminish overall cases and health impact." (1) & (2) are different aspects of the same concept, while (3) is a completely different concept. The final clause of (3) "and health impact" I think is a throwaway line that is no more particular to (3) than than (1)/(2). --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:42, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- User:SmokeyJoe I also agree that figures showing one concept at a time is better. And of course we have two that do a good job at that. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 05:03, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Google results
Apologies if this is not directly related to the article content, but someone pointed out today that we've been given the cold shoulder on this subject by Google. If you search for "coronavirus" the only Misplaced Pages entry, which appears well down the list of search results, is the general coronavirus article, which isn't directly linked to the current outbreak. I assume they've deliberately suppressed us (Misplaced Pages normally appears right near the top for most search terms), perhaps because they worry we might not be giving reliable information to the public. It would be interesting to know why. — Amakuru (talk) 23:40, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, I've noticed that, too. It's a shame. Although given the traffic this article is getting, people do seem to be finding their way here. Does anyone at WMF have connections to Google so they could ask about this for us? (And is there a way to ping the WMF?) I know that SEO stuff is tricky since Google is secretive about their algorithm and every entity on the planet is trying to boost their own ranking, but this is about the public's access to information, not self-promotion, so hopefully they'd at least listen. Sdkb (talk) 23:52, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- Pinging Whatamidoing (WMF), since if I recall correctly you've helped out at WV before with SEO-related stuff. Sdkb (talk) 05:17, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Amakuru, The Coronavirus article already uses an {{About}} template in its header to direct people to the pandemic, 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic; the disease Coronavirus disease 2019; and the virus Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. As far as Google search go searching for "coronavirus wikipedia" gets me two Misplaced Pages links as the first two hits: the pandemic on top and the general virus article after it.--Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝) 23:53, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- I don't see anything of concern here nor any reason to think Google is deliberately suppressing us. Google's search results always depend significantly on where you're searching from, what you're searching for etc. While there is some broad level info, they're very secretive about how their rankings happens. But it's entirely plausible that the results have risen organically. For example, when I search for coronavirus I get , , , , , , 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. The only one you might say we should be ahead of is Worldometers. Well maybe also the first result, but then again that does illustrate it's not just that Google hates us if they give a weird result for us. I search for covid-19 I get more or less the same thing except the generic WHO result is gone but after the main WHO page, there is and also Coronavirus disease 2019 replaces the pandemic article. True the pandemic article is no where in the top results, but then again the next result is which frankly is probably useless for most people. Now here's the other thing. If I search those terms again without changing anything I get different results. One time I even got worldmeters first. True I've never seen Misplaced Pages at the exact top. But IMO this is reflective of the fact that there are a bunch of good timely sources on the outbreak, and we're also probably not the fastest to update numbers. So it's completely reasonable that other results are ahead of us since for better or worse, that's what people want. There are sometimes where I got some more questionable results, e.g. a news service ahead of us, but again I don't think we can read anything much into this. Nil Einne (talk) 03:50, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- The results definitely vary, but from my anecdotal experience, this page is on the second page of Google results for "coronavirus", which means we'll be receiving very little traffic from that search, and reflects us not being as highly ranked as I'd say we ought to be. I don't think Google is deliberately suppressing us; if I had to guess, I'd say what's likely happening is that people at Google are panicking about misinformation and trying to combat that by including as many official results as possible, so they've filled up the first page with health agencies and pushed us off of it. Sdkb (talk) 05:15, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Except your anecdotal evidence is directly contrary to my anecdotal experience outlined above so..... Nil Einne (talk) 07:37, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- do we want to be the most viewed or highest ranked? Working for NSW Health I simultaneously edit this and have to recommend that it is not used as a resource. —Almaty (talk) 13:06, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- No comment on that part. As an update though, earlier just after I posted the above, I did a few searches for coronavirus in incognito and logged in and any Misplaced Pages results did show up on the second page. But now I've done 2 incognito for coronavirus and the pandemic page was somewhere similar to what I outlined above. IMO this just illustrates my point. Anecdotal Google search results are often not very meaningful. If someone had tried with multiple different IPs and without Google accounts logged in, or multiple different Google accounts with very different histories and locations etc, and over multiple different time periods. Maybe conclusions could be drawn about our location. Otherwise not really except maybe that we're often not within the top 3. (Even this I'd be reluctant to say for sure from the available data.) Further note that although I sometimes see the EU page, the extra stuff before Misplaced Pages was largely news sources like the New York Times, Al Jazeera etc. There are by no means "official" results. And I'm unconvinced that Google would purposely fiddle with the results to give them higher priority than us. For the Healthline, WHO, CDC results, let me say again given the way Google works, it's entirely reasonable these would arise organically without them needing to do anything. Nil Einne (talk) 13:26, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- do we want to be the most viewed or highest ranked? Working for NSW Health I simultaneously edit this and have to recommend that it is not used as a resource. —Almaty (talk) 13:06, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- I'm told that Google never manually intervenes in search results rankings. They might remove results altogether (e.g., imagine if someone got a court order for that), but they don't decide whether to push Misplaced Pages up or other things down. Also, as noted above, results vary by person and place. If I search for the title of this article, it's the first hit. If I search for
coronavirus pandemic, the WHO is the first hit, and this article is the second hit. Other people will get different results, but these seem pretty good to me. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 22:43, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Except your anecdotal evidence is directly contrary to my anecdotal experience outlined above so..... Nil Einne (talk) 07:37, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- The results definitely vary, but from my anecdotal experience, this page is on the second page of Google results for "coronavirus", which means we'll be receiving very little traffic from that search, and reflects us not being as highly ranked as I'd say we ought to be. I don't think Google is deliberately suppressing us; if I had to guess, I'd say what's likely happening is that people at Google are panicking about misinformation and trying to combat that by including as many official results as possible, so they've filled up the first page with health agencies and pushed us off of it. Sdkb (talk) 05:15, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! Need some pie Almaty (talk) 11:49, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
RfC - Limiting the countries covered in the domestic responses section
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This page is already longer than it ought to be, and it's very much at risk of becoming bloated further. The domestic responses section is particularly at risk since everyone seems to want to add their home country (Egypt was just added, and I'm sure things are bad there as they are everywhere but we just don't have room). I can add a hidden warning to achieve consensus at talk before adding further countries, but that'll only do so much to stem the tide. Therefore, I think we need to come up with some criteria for which countries get a section and how long those sections can be. I think it's obvious that we need some individualized coverage of e.g. China, Iran, and that countries like e.g. Finland, Peru can safely be shunted to the "other" subsection, but there's a middle ground between them with e.g. the UK where I'm less sure. What are all your thoughts? Sdkb (talk) 05:37, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- 10,000 cases to be doubled every 5 days —Almaty (talk) 07:14, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- That cuts off South Korea, which has had a major response to the epidemic and perhaps has a lower case count because of it. But as a rough measure, yeah, that seems about right. Sdkb (talk) 07:47, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- I would remove Japan, as many other countries are more affected, and as Japan is otherwise also not specifically notable for its response (unlike South Korea). Voorlandt (talk) 08:19, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Why is it a problem if this section includes summaries on every country that cares to add one? This might be the only page downloaded by some people for offline viewing, and as such the single only/best place to get an idea of the kind of responses from each country, at a glance? Also, what makes the US or UK special in any way? 169.0.60.231 (talk) 09:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Too many countries have cases of coronavirus, it is simply impractical to give all of them. I would say keep South Korea because it is cited in multiple notable sources as an example of a successful strategy in dealing with the outbreak. UK is not really necessary, although it attempted something quite different early on that seemed interesting, but it has since abandoned that. Japan is also unnecessary, although I think a brief mention (say a sentence or two) under the "Other countries" section may be warranted if the Olympics get cancelled. Italy as a separate entry is necessary I think, although I think perhaps a new section on other EU countries (or Europe) may be possible since many EU countries have seen significant outbreaks, and Italy can be placed as a subsection in that. Other individual European countries like Spain or Germany would not then not need their own separate sections. Hzh (talk) 12:01, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Only the more severe outbreaks (judged by the death numbers) should be listed. In my opinion, that includes at the moment Italy, China, Iran, Spain. And possibly France. Then optionally the US and the UK. The fact France, and its lockdown, is absent from the page while the UK is described is quite strange. Mayfoev (talk) 13:49, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- In my opinion, the fair way to do it would be to only list those countries whereby the situation in that country was/is noteworthy and comparatively unique. Whether that be particularly bad outbreaks (China, Italy, Iran) or for some other reason, like particularly effective strategies (e.g Singapore), or like in the UK where the government defied the strategy of most other countries in their response and received backlash. Naturally this will include countries like the US (Trump controversy etc.) and exclude other ones (Germany, France etc.). Countries with moderate outbreaks, or those which had/have responses that are similar to many other countries are not noteworthy and should therefore be only explained fully in their own separate article. Please say if you agree/disagree. How will we know when we have consensus on this? Magna19 (talk) 15:38, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Magna19: Good question. I've added polls for specific countries below to better gauge that. Sdkb (talk) 01:17, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Sdkb: Thank you. I have replaced Japan with Singapore using above criteria for now. I will vote below. Would it be better to use 'include' instead of 'keep' and 'exclude' instead of 'remove' given some countries listed here are not currently included in the article? Magna19 (talk) 01:36, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, it would, thank you. I've refactored. Sdkb (talk) 04:46, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Sdkb: Thank you. I have replaced Japan with Singapore using above criteria for now. I will vote below. Would it be better to use 'include' instead of 'keep' and 'exclude' instead of 'remove' given some countries listed here are not currently included in the article? Magna19 (talk) 01:36, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Magna19: Good question. I've added polls for specific countries below to better gauge that. Sdkb (talk) 01:17, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- In my opinion, the fair way to do it would be to only list those countries whereby the situation in that country was/is noteworthy and comparatively unique. Whether that be particularly bad outbreaks (China, Italy, Iran) or for some other reason, like particularly effective strategies (e.g Singapore), or like in the UK where the government defied the strategy of most other countries in their response and received backlash. Naturally this will include countries like the US (Trump controversy etc.) and exclude other ones (Germany, France etc.). Countries with moderate outbreaks, or those which had/have responses that are similar to many other countries are not noteworthy and should therefore be only explained fully in their own separate article. Please say if you agree/disagree. How will we know when we have consensus on this? Magna19 (talk) 15:38, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Only the more severe outbreaks (judged by the death numbers) should be listed. In my opinion, that includes at the moment Italy, China, Iran, Spain. And possibly France. Then optionally the US and the UK. The fact France, and its lockdown, is absent from the page while the UK is described is quite strange. Mayfoev (talk) 13:49, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Too many countries have cases of coronavirus, it is simply impractical to give all of them. I would say keep South Korea because it is cited in multiple notable sources as an example of a successful strategy in dealing with the outbreak. UK is not really necessary, although it attempted something quite different early on that seemed interesting, but it has since abandoned that. Japan is also unnecessary, although I think a brief mention (say a sentence or two) under the "Other countries" section may be warranted if the Olympics get cancelled. Italy as a separate entry is necessary I think, although I think perhaps a new section on other EU countries (or Europe) may be possible since many EU countries have seen significant outbreaks, and Italy can be placed as a subsection in that. Other individual European countries like Spain or Germany would not then not need their own separate sections. Hzh (talk) 12:01, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Why is it a problem if this section includes summaries on every country that cares to add one? This might be the only page downloaded by some people for offline viewing, and as such the single only/best place to get an idea of the kind of responses from each country, at a glance? Also, what makes the US or UK special in any way? 169.0.60.231 (talk) 09:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- I would remove Japan, as many other countries are more affected, and as Japan is otherwise also not specifically notable for its response (unlike South Korea). Voorlandt (talk) 08:19, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Magna19: This edit has created a poorly-formed RfC. Whilst the statement (courtesy of Sdkb) is certainly neutral and brief, it completely lacks context in the RfC listings. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:48, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Redrose64: feel free to refactor my statement if you want to give it better context. Thanks for your efforts to tidy things up; hopefully it'll make it easier to discuss the issues at hand. Sdkb (talk) 00:01, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Redrose64: Not my statement unfortunately. Magna19 (talk) 00:05, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Country Polls
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Please vote below with either Include or Exclude for each country. Please keep explanation minimal, and discuss overall criteria above. Sdkb (talk) 01:17, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
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- Spain
- Exclude - EU section? --Gtoffoletto (talk) 13:47, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include Bondegezou (talk) 14:17, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include no of cases -Magna19 (talk) 14:28, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude if a EU section is created Hzh (talk) 14:30, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include — RealFakeKimT 17:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude QueerFilmNerd 20:21, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include: as of today, 3rd country by deaths and 4th by confirmed deaths, also highly covered by reliable sources. --MarioGom (talk) 23:59, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include: News is reporting hundreds of new cases a day and on average deaths in the double digits. --Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝) 00:52, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- France
- Exclude Magna19 (talk) 01:51, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude - EU section? --Gtoffoletto (talk) 13:47, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include Bondegezou (talk) 14:17, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude if a section on EU is created. Hzh (talk) 14:28, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude — RealFakeKimT 17:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude QueerFilmNerd 20:19, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include. France had over 100 new deaths today. --Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝) 00:52, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
| United States - include |
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- United Kingdom
- Include - noteworthy and unique in its very relaxed approach. Only just imposed restrictions. Magna19 (talk) 01:35, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include- controversial approach has been reversed but interesting --Gtoffoletto (talk) 13:47, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include Bondegezou (talk) 14:17, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude if there is a Europe section. Hzh (talk) 14:48, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Hzh - Though still technically in Europe as a continent, it would just get continually changed due to editors' Brexit opinions etc (sigh), better and easier to leave as separate section. Magna19 (talk) 15:09, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include for its distinct approach --Calthinus (talk) 16:55, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include — RealFakeKimT 17:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include QueerFilmNerd 20:19, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include: Boris Johnson approach is the subject of an incredible amount of coverage. --MarioGom (talk) 23:59, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include as per MarioGom. --Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝) 00:52, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Germany
- Exclude An interesting case of low number of deaths, but may go into an EU/Europe section. Hzh (talk) 14:48, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude- EU section? Reporting in Germany does not seem reliable/comparable to other countries. --Gtoffoletto (talk) 14:52, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include — RealFakeKimT 17:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude QueerFilmNerd 20:19, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude. Not much news over it aside from Merkel's speech. --Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝) 00:52, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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- Japan
- Exclude similar response to quite a few other countries, moderate outbreak. Magna19 (talk) 01:35, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude --Gtoffoletto (talk) 13:47, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude — RealFakeKimT 17:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude but consider mentioning it in the other countries section on account of the possible impact on the Olympics. Hzh (talk) 13:11, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Singapore
- Include - noteworthy and unique in its effectiveness at combating the virus. Magna19 (talk) 01:35, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude - small country and not so effective now --Gtoffoletto (talk) 13:47, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- User:Gtoffoletto, although most countries will inevitably end up with lots of cases, I would say it would be right to add one country thought by most to have best tackled the crisis. At the moment, Singapore fits that criteria the best. Please consider changing response based on this, if not then I would be happy to replace it if a more suitable country can be suggested and agreed upon? Magna19 (talk) 14:06, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Magna19 South Korea is the country you are thinking of. Over 50 million population and cases declining fast from a major outbreak without lockdown. Cases in Singapore are growing fast unfortunately and pop is tiny. --Gtoffoletto (talk) 14:10, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- User:Gtoffoletto, thanks for the info. I will remove sub-section on Singapore for now but will add again depending on any additional votes. Magna19 (talk) 14:22, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude Too small to be significant. Hzh (talk) 14:30, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include — RealFakeKimT 17:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include: Singapore is still discussed today in most reliable sources. The size of the country has nothing to do with it being noteworthy or not. One of the earliest responses to the epidemic outside China. --MarioGom (talk) 23:59, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include. One of the few areas that launched an early response to the pandemic and managed to minimise casualties for as long as it could. --Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝) 00:52, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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- European Union
- Include- how about creating something for the general European approach where we can group most other European countries except particularly noteworthy ones such as Italy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gtoffoletto (talk • contribs) 13:55, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include - if a grouping of less-affected EU countries can be agreed. Magna19 (talk) 14:08, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include Covers all other major EU countries except Italy, but must not include minor ones. Possibly titled "Europe" rather than "European Union". Hzh (talk) 14:30, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exclude -- until some grouping of "less affected EU countries" is formulated by experts and/or the media, this seems like OR on our part and entirely subjective. --Calthinus (talk) 16:57, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Include As said by Magna19 — RealFakeKimT 17:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Leaning include under the name "Europe". While I'm sympathetic to the concern that the situation in Spain is not the same as that in Poland, and I honestly don't know how much coordination there is between EU countries, there are certainly a lot of similarities between them, and that should make it possible to turn this into a section. 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe appears under-developed, so it doesn't give as much guidance as to what the section could look like as I'd hoped when I just checked it out. Perhaps someone should re-write the intro to that and then insert it as an {{Excerpt}} here. Sdkb (talk) 17:17, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- It is better to use Europe because a number of European countries aren't in the EU, like the UK, Norway and Switzerland. Hzh (talk) 20:00, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Includebut title "EUROPE" so we can cover the rest of Europe without having to give them their own headers. QueerFilmNerd 20:19, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Summary
Include: China, Iran, Italy, South Korea, US, UK
Exclude: Australia, Netherlands
2 quick final votes if possible before we make the edits?
@QueerFilmNerd: , @Hzh: , @RealFakeKim: , @Sdkb: , @Gtoffoletto: , @Bondegezou: , @MarioGom: , @Calthinus:
Europe section to be called Europe or European Union?
- European Union - Vast majority of European countries not in the EU don't seem too noteworthy anyway. Magna19 (talk) 00:40, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Europe. The individual governments seem to be the ones mainly coordinating the response rather than the EU, so it makes sense to use the geographic grouping of "Europe" rather than the arbitrary political grouping of the EU that excludes Switzerland for no good reason. Sdkb (talk) 00:50, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Europe - per Sdkb (the UK and Switzerland btw) — RealFakeKimT 08:45, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- European Union - as in the "political and economic union of 27 states" which is coordinating several countries in a similar way to the US and individual states. It would be crazy to include individually each US state (although they each have their own individual response). Monetary policy is an example of how the response is being coordinated at the EU level. Switzerland is not included and not relevant IMHO as well as other small countries not included. The only relevant individual country within the EU is Italy that could have a sub section within the EU section as it was the first with major cases (this might change). Germany France etc. just treated within the general section.--Gtoffoletto (talk) 11:04, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Switzerland has one of the highest per capita rate of infection outside of tiny countries. Hzh (talk) 14:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Europe - We don't really know which other European countries will become notable enough to be mentioned in the future, and this will cover any potential ones worth mentioning. Italy should have its own section under Europe, Spain possibly, but not Germany or France which merit a paragraph each under the Europe section. Hzh (talk) 13:19, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
If Europe, is the UK noteworthy enough for its own sub?
- Yes - Sheer coverage and unique aspect. Magna19 (talk) 00:40, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- No Italy is in a class of its own. Including any other European country for its own section is a slippery slope. It can get some individualized coverage within the Europe section perhaps. Sdkb (talk) 00:50, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- The situation may develop in such a way that that is no longer the case.--Calthinus (talk) 00:56, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- may we should only focuse on the present. We shouldn't try and predict the future. — RealFakeKimT 08:45, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- The situation may develop in such a way that that is no longer the case.--Calthinus (talk) 00:56, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- UK -- yes, European Union not "Europe" if we have to use it. Hundreds of millions of people live in non-EU European countries. We cannot simply lump them in... if we are "lumping at all" (eventually I foresee us being at a point where it is "Other countries" and not "Europe" that is the "leftovers basket" section). --Calthinus (talk) 00:56, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- No Other Eurpoen countries have in some cases 10 times the cases of the UK. — RealFakeKimT 08:45, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Neutral: their "herd immunity" response was unique. They have given it up now though apparently so No is acceptable too. I guess I'm abstaining here! --Gtoffoletto (talk) 11:04, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- No but may be mentioned in a paragraph under Europe on account of its early approach (which has since been abandoned, therefore not worth looking at in details). It can change if cases escalate there. Hzh (talk) 13:25, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Comment Seems a bit early to do a summary when some of them have only a few votes. Would have waited a bit longer. Hzh (talk) 02:09, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Can always re-visit at a later date and adjust where necessary but most are pretty unanimous for now, would normally wait longer but given the fast moving picture and significance of article, should be at its best soon as practical IMO. Magna19 (talk) 03:33, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Agreed with Hzh. The polls so far align pretty well with what's in the article currently, so the page will be fine. We don't yet have a clear consensus on the more borderline cases. It's fine to start fleshing out what a Europe section might look like, though. Sdkb (talk) 03:50, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- The problems now is that with the summary added, people think it has concluded and stopped adding their votes. Perhaps remove the countries listed in "include" and "exclude" in the Summary section, and wait for a day or so first and see if anything changes. True, it can be revisited later, but there is really no need to hurry here. And yes, keep the discussion on Europe/EU going in the meantime. Hzh (talk) 09:31, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Consensus seems strong for several. Some are contentious (Singapore and Spain). However Spain is included in the EU discussion. Can we "Close" the non contentious ones and only keep Singapore open and continue with the EU discussion only? --Gtoffoletto (talk) 11:08, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- I've collapsed the ones with clear consensus (unanimous or near-unanimous with sufficient votes and is unlikely to change). A few others like European Union could be collapsed as well, but we'll see. Hzh (talk) 13:08, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Consensus seems strong for several. Some are contentious (Singapore and Spain). However Spain is included in the EU discussion. Can we "Close" the non contentious ones and only keep Singapore open and continue with the EU discussion only? --Gtoffoletto (talk) 11:08, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- The problems now is that with the summary added, people think it has concluded and stopped adding their votes. Perhaps remove the countries listed in "include" and "exclude" in the Summary section, and wait for a day or so first and see if anything changes. True, it can be revisited later, but there is really no need to hurry here. And yes, keep the discussion on Europe/EU going in the meantime. Hzh (talk) 09:31, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Agreed with Hzh. The polls so far align pretty well with what's in the article currently, so the page will be fine. We don't yet have a clear consensus on the more borderline cases. It's fine to start fleshing out what a Europe section might look like, though. Sdkb (talk) 03:50, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Ordering
Another question we need to answer that seems to be somewhat arbitrary in the article currently: how do we order the countries we do include? I think it definitely makes sense to list China first, given that chronologically it was facing this before anywhere else. After that, we could go either by first reported case to try to keep some semblance of chronology, or by highest case/death count to list the most prominent examples first. What's your preference? Sdkb (talk) 05:42, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- I think by first reported case is probably best. Saves changing the order if one of the countries overtakes another in case numbers. Magna19 (talk) 11:27, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Agree --Gtoffoletto (talk) 10:49, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Which maps to include
Okay, so as we start to figure out consensus on which countries to include, the next step is to determine how long each section should be. One big part of that is whether to include a map of the country with cases per capita in different regions. I see several possible ways to go about this — we could include maps for all or none of the countries we list, we could include only for the most severely hit and/or largest countries, or we could take into account how much regional variation there is in the virus's prevalence throughout a country. What's the right strategy here? Sdkb (talk) 18:46, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Proposal: Move moratorium
These requested moves on here are getting disruptive so I formally propose a moratorium. I am neutral on how long it should be. Interstellarity (talk) 20:51, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
- Forward dating to prevent auto archiving. Timrollpickering (Talk) 20:51, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Further forward dating to prevent auto archiving. Timrollpickering (Talk) 20:51, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
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Support
- Support - We need to focus on the content, not the title. What the final title will be hinges on what the end-point of this pandemic ends up being: we should be wary about trying to title the current incident while living through it. doktorb words 20:55, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support The last move was pretty disruptive, taking the usual editors to move all other related pages and updating them to conform to the new page name of this main article. Let's wait for the pandemic to stabilise first (be it for good or bad). robertsky (talk) 21:16, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support a 30 day move moratorium, unless and new consensus to lift this moratorium occurs before then. - MrX 🖋 21:30, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support. The renamings 3 time a day is ridiculous. Iluvalar (talk) 03:38, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support. This is clearly a long-running distraction that has been affecting this page and its related subpages. Carrots have stopped working, so it's time for the stick. --benlisquareT•C•E 04:49, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support. I think that there are reasonable arguments for COVID-19 rather than coronavirus, but there are also good counterarguments, and any proposal along these lines wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of being seen as a priority right now. We can get back to this in six to twelve months' time. The change to pandemic was justified, but any other changes (such as from coronavirus to COVID-19, or in terms of the year(s)), are minor matters compared to the content. I propose at least a 3-month moratorium. Boud (talk) 01:05, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support. This is clearly needed now, as yet another RM comes along on yet another triviality. Obviously moratoria are not suicide pacts - if something radically changes in the real world, then of course we're allowed to think again. But for now the current names enjoy solid consensus and we should have the ability to shut down quickly the never-ending attempts at moves between the different names, when nothing has radically changed. — Amakuru (talk) 12:05, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- In the last 2 weeks, there have been about 13 requested moves, many of which have been speedily closed per SNOW. In the last RM, some editors supported the idea of a moratorium. Therefore, I request that there be a moratorium for the next 3 months on page moves, as having these daily requests is becoming very disruptive. Three months should be long enough for the pandemic to die down somewhat and by then we should all have the time to look more closely at the requests without being bogged down by the rapidly evolving situation currently going on. Thanks. Mgasparin (talk) 22:08, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- would support such action--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 22:36, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support the standard six month moratorium. No move proposals on this page before September. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:40, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support — I thought we had a moratorium already. Carl Fredrik 13:57, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:58, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Oppose
'Oppose': I notice there was some WP:RM recently, but most of them seems to too focus on "wanting to close" despite some merit on the RM starter side. I want to restrict users from attempting to enforce additional rules that would censor voices in RM and prevent users from using vote "Speedy Close" or having it closed for WP:SNOW. Wants them to keep RM open for 7 days no matter how much were started after another. Regice2020 (talk) 23:48, 15 March 2020 (UTC)Speedy Close As this issue been reviewed. It apparently there is a group individuals wants to prevent name changes unless it fits their "groups" agenda by proposal ridiculous amount rules to restrict voices from the other side. This the regular way to request a move and just make sure no other move are active Request Move Request. The users are following the instructions and these individuals are not allowing it last longer than 1 day for wahtever reason. Regice2020 (talk) 04:46, 20 March 2020 (UTC)- Oppose: we moved too slowly on removing "Wuhan" from the article title. A move moratorium is too extreme of a solution to this problem. We should remain adaptable. This may be for another discussion, but I propose we only allow one move request or move review to be open at a time. This makes sense because move requests/reviews technically conflict with each other. For example, we can move from "2019–20 coronavirus pandemic" to "2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic" or to "2019–20 SARS-CoV-2 pandemic" but not to both. In practice, this means any move request started while a request or move review is still ongoing gets closed immediately, and all discussion redirected to the active move discussion. I am still thinking of how to close the loophole of people NACing a move discussion early just so they can post their own. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 07:23, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose: Reflecting accuracy in titles is as important, if not more so, then the content. Sun Creator 14:48, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose: we can handle move requests OK. There is no need for a moratorium. Bondegezou (talk) 16:20, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose this is a current event so there's a reasonable chance of things changing and thus a different title could easily be desirable however maybe we should consider not adding the move notice template added by RMCD bot? Crouch, Swale (talk) 22:04, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Comment
- We have proven that we are able to deal with multiple move requests, and we cannot predict the future. So let’s just be the encyclopaedia that we are, and just deal with them when they arise. —49.195.179.13 (talk) 05:26, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
- Instead of a formal move request that puts a notice on top of the page, start an informal discussion on this page first to float the ideas. I think almost all of these move requests are wasting effort. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 05:34, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
- I support this option. A moratorium on move request notices, not on move discussions. -St.nerol (talk) 15:01, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support this as well. --Efly (talk) 01:26, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- I support this. Sdkb (talk) 07:14, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- I think this is just part of a larger issue of settled matters being dredged up again and again on this talk page. It's indicative of the need for a "current consensuses" banner, as has been proposed below, and is basically awaiting someone to create it. Sdkb (talk) 07:14, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
- Allowing users follow the "leave it open 7 days rule" no matter what is the best optionRegice2020 (talk) 19:05, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Even with that rule, we have chaos. That rule alone still allows, for example, three concurrent (and mutually exclusive) move discussions. Furthermore, WP:SNOW closing has proven effective in controlling the discussions. I wanted to propose, in addition to what I have in my oppose !vote, that only admins close move discussions for the next month or so, as RfA usually selects those who have good understanding of policy. Problem is that we'd have to have a few admins watch this page like a hawk, close any new move discussions as they happen, and redirect the existing one...we're already strapped for admins as it is. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 03:24, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Why would you propose that? Have there been any problematic non-admin closes? Carl Fredrik 09:35, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Sex death figures
Hello everyone, it would be nice to show the figures between sexes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.39.214.62 (talk) 13:44, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- thank you for suggestion--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 15:48, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- I oppose this, unless there's evidence of a major difference in mortality rates. There's no need to split everything in life by gender just since it's the most obvious category. Sdkb (talk) 05:45, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
OH YES, LET US SUPPRESS ALL THE POTENTIALLY LIFE-SAVING INFORMATION WE POSSIBLY CAN. THE FEMALE SURVIVORS WILL BE ALL THE EASIER TO CONTROL UNDER OUR GLOBAL MARTIAL LAW IN ANY CASE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:6582:8580:C00:B809:CA5A:179F:D536 (talk) 17:47, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- There is evidence of a major difference in mortality rates (although it might be explainable by other factors). doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30117-X summarises various findings. Bondegezou (talk) 14:11, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Well, in the case of Italy, we have balance of 70/30 % (male/female) of death distribution. Indeed there is a strong evidence of mortality rates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.39.214.62 (talk) 08:26, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
RfC on first sentence on spread of the disease
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What should the first sentence on spread of the disease in the lead of our article be? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:07, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Option 1
"The virus is believed to spread between people primarily via respiratory droplets produced during coughing."
Based on two sources:
- Vote
Supportas we have two excellent sources that support coughing as being important. But prefer version 3 Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:07, 21 March 2020 (UTC)- support sources indicate coughing--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 15:35, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support for option #1, given the sources. Unless there are high quality sources to support the uncertainity expressed in the comment below, I feel that option 2 is confusing for readers, especially given both sources highlight coughing as the "main" and "mainly" route of spread. JenOttawa (talk) 15:37, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose very misleading, you can't positively assert something which, evidenced by this dispute and listed sources, clearly has a large enough degree of doubt. Magna19 (talk) 15:56, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- It says "is believed to", so where do you see "positively assert"? --Dan Polansky (talk) 17:14, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose passive voice. This type of sentence should not be used on Misplaced Pages. Jehochman 16:08, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- we have to use the passive voice if the sources do. Thought to and seems to are both accurate as per the CDC and the ECDC. —Almaty (talk) 16:13, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Note: The WHO says "The disease can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when a person with COVID-19 coughs or exhales. These droplets land on objects and surfaces around the person. Other people then catch COVID-19 by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose or mouth. People can also catch COVID-19 if they breathe in droplets from a person with COVID-19 who coughs out or exhales droplets." SarahSV 21:33, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- note that the CDC now emphasises close contact over coughing. Based on what is currently known about COVID-19 and what is known about other coronaviruses, spread is thought to occur mostly from person-to-person via respiratory droplets among close contacts. Close contact can occur while caring for a patient, including: being within approximately 6 feet (2 meters) of a patient with COVID-19 for a prolonged period of time. That should virtually settle the discussion. —Almaty (talk) 07:16, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose: I think it has been established that it is a droplet infection so one of the 3s would be more prefurable. — RealFakeKimT 09:30, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Option 2
"The virus seems to spread between people mostly via respiratory droplets."
based on the same source above from the WHO stating “cough and exhale” in the appropriate section, the CDC stating cough or sneeze and also ECDC stating “cough sneeze or exhale”.
- Vote
- Support There is uncertainty here that is not conveyed in the first option. The WHO quote that is quoted above is not in the bulk of their sources, they say cough and exhale, in virtually all of their sources, including in the one selectively quoted above. The CDC very carefully say “Is thought to”, and the ECDC say “seems to”. All three agree respiratory droplets, but not “primarily”, that is WP:SYNTH —-Almaty (talk) 15:26, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support In the WHO's Q&A on coroanvirus (COVID-19) it clearly says "coughs or exhales" (my italics), so it would appear that WHO and CDC have a slight disagreement. Saying "respiratory droplets" without further qualification covers both bases. The Parson's Cat (talk) 15:40, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose The WHO source says "The main way the disease spreads is through respiratory droplets expelled by someone who is coughing." Sure it can spread a lot of ways but the first sentence should talk about what is believed to be the main way. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:46, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Should not word as if respiratory droplets are exclusive to coughing when there are top sources that also state sneezing, as well as simple exhalation (verbal communication). Better to include all bases and stick to the facts than positively assert something which has a big shadow of doubt attached to it. Magna19 (talk) 15:50, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose Option 3 does the job (typically) for the lead, and doesn't pretend that we know more than we do. There are many ways the virus can spread, and they can't all be explored in the lead. The full extent of methods of transmission should be covered in the body of the article; the lead is a brief summary. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:53, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose use of weasel words "seems to". Seems to whom? Jehochman 16:08, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- seems to the ECDC and the CDC because they don’t know, and therefore we don’t know. Only the WHO asserts to know which I think is a bit inappropriate... but if the two reliable sources vs the one, we have to include the massive qualifier. —Almaty (talk) 16:28, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- "seems to" is a language tool to indicate uncertainty, an English idiom. Similar phrases include "is thought to" and "is believed to". The same can be phrased using more pompous language like "The best scientific evidence suggests", to little or no benefit. --Dan Polansky (talk) 17:58, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose per SandyGeorgia — RealFakeKimT 09:34, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Option 3
Option 3a
The virus is typically spread from one person to another via respiratory droplets produced during coughing.
Based on two sources:
- Vote
- Support, don't pretend we know more than we do ... typically does the job. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:42, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Happy with this aswell. In fact I think User:SandyGeorgia wording is better than what I proposed above. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:44, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- It's not mine ... I took it from COVID-19, which I was just reading because there is so much content there that needs to come here, and because this article is rife with non-MEDRS sources in the medical content. I don't know why this is happening here when COVID-19 is already worded better in many cases and hope someone (hint, hint) will start importing content from there and removing non-MEDRS sources in medical content from here. We are re-inventing the wheel. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:50, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- support I like this option, an improvement in clarity over option #2. JenOttawa (talk) 15:52, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- JenOttawa, typo? This is option #3 :) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- strong oppose This is bizarre Mr and bizarrer, Doc James has selectively both the WHO and CDCs full statements. neither say primary method. The CDC said it is secondary: thought to spread mainly from person-to-person... Between people who are in close contact with one another, ...through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.—Almaty (talk) 16:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose still links droplets to coughing in an exclusive way which would be misleading and inaccurate. Multiple sources including exhalation and sneezing, for the sake of a few more words, why not just include them? Magna19 (talk) 16:05, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support this correct summary of what the sources say. Jehochman 16:06, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Except that one sources indicates uncertainty and this option does not. --Dan Polansky (talk) 18:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- "typically" indicates uncertainty. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:08, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Not really. "typically" indicates distribution or frequency. "It seems X" really is not synonymous with "Typically X". Like, "it seems it's going to rain tomorrow" is not synonymous with "typically it's going to rain tomorrow"; the latter does not even make sense. --Dan Polansky (talk) 18:27, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Let's suppose I have a very good knowledge of the means of spread, and I know that in 80% of cases, the spread is of type A, and in 20% cases, the spread is of type B. Then I can say, "typically, the spread is of type A". But if I am uncertain about the distribution, I cannot say "typically" and be positive about it. This is why one source says "The virus is thought to spread mainly ..."; "typically" is actually near-synonymous to "mainly", and the uncertainty expressed in "thought to" is missing in option 3. --Dan Polansky (talk) 18:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- I think it is good enough. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:37, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- why is near enough good enough? You have said this quite a bit in your edit summaries on the issue. “Fine” isn’t “fine” when it isn’t a replication of the source, especially when an inappropriate overemphasis on coughing, solely, could lead to people maintaining distance only when people are coughing. The emphasis has changed, the ECDC says it clearest, the WHO has said the whole time, and you surely can respect that. They are equally reliable sources, so we have to include all their thoughts about the most important thing in the lead for readers without healthcare access all across the world. —Almaty (talk) 18:49, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Typically is good because we know coughed droplets are the main source of spreading. What's uncertain is if there are other, but lesser means. Jehochman 18:53, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- CDC says "thought to mainly " where above I read "we know coughed droplets are the main source", emphasis mine; CDC does not indicate they are positive. I recommend reading carefully the CDC sentence. --Dan Polansky (talk) 19:47, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- you’re right User:Dan Polansky the CDC does not know whether the coughed droplets are the main source. The WHO asserts that it does, for arugably political reasons so the message gets through clearer. Unfortunately, they appear to be backtracking one this. However, they have “bet both ways” I guess by repetitively including “exhale”. Which is unusual —Almaty (talk) 04:37, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Many will feel I am arguing semantics, and it may seem so, but the difference is quite important in practical terms. Since, if we think that mode A is the main means of spread but are pretty uncertain, that means that B can be the main means of spread, and that has impact on risk management; in that case, we should heavily mitigate against A but probably also against B since we think it quite possible and not entirely improbable that B is the main means of spread. (Whatever A and B are.) --Dan Polansky (talk) 19:54, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Typically is good because we know coughed droplets are the main source of spreading. What's uncertain is if there are other, but lesser means. Jehochman 18:53, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- why is near enough good enough? You have said this quite a bit in your edit summaries on the issue. “Fine” isn’t “fine” when it isn’t a replication of the source, especially when an inappropriate overemphasis on coughing, solely, could lead to people maintaining distance only when people are coughing. The emphasis has changed, the ECDC says it clearest, the WHO has said the whole time, and you surely can respect that. They are equally reliable sources, so we have to include all their thoughts about the most important thing in the lead for readers without healthcare access all across the world. —Almaty (talk) 18:49, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- I think it is good enough. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:37, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- "typically" indicates uncertainty. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:08, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Except that one sources indicates uncertainty and this option does not. --Dan Polansky (talk) 18:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- support per Jehochman --Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 17:53, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support - This option seems to best paraphrase the authoritative sources. - MrX 🖋 19:02, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Comment Please consider the full CDC, WHO, and ECDC statements on transmission copied in the discussion section at the end of this thread. - Wikmoz (talk) 04:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support - We aim to write clear, correct, concise, comprehensible, and consistent prose. Option #3 accomplishes this goal better than any other option. - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) (I'm a man—traditional male pronouns are fine.) 04:44, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support As a normal person, if I was to read the options 1-6, I think I would like reading 3 the best, just because the other options sounds "iffy" at best, or we are guessing without actually knowing. 16:30, 22 March 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Victorcyho (talk • contribs)
we are guessing without actually knowing in this option. That is the point. That should not be a !vote because it’s proving the other sides case —Almaty (talk) 20:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support: Sounds like the clearest possible paraphrase of currently-known understanding. — Javert2113 (Siarad.|¤) 21:16, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Weak Support: per Jehochman. Weak becuse 3b is better in my opinion. — RealFakeKimT 09:16, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Option 3b
The virus is typically spread from one person to another via respiratory droplets primarily produced during coughing, but also during sneezing or exhaling.
- Support: Gives a better discritption with more ways it spreads. — RealFakeKimT 09:27, 23 March 2020 (UTC) 15:42, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Pls see doc james talk page as to how intense this discussion has become —Almaty (talk) 10:35, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose Exhalation is covered by close contact in the second sentence. This is NOT airborne, generally, and we should not be presenting it as such. WHO states "Studies to date suggest that the virus that causes COVID-19 is mainly transmitted through contact with respiratory droplets rather than through the air." and than says "The main way the disease spreads is through respiratory droplets expelled by someone who is coughing." Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:34, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Option 4
Option 4a
The virus seems to spread via respiratory droplets, produced during coughing, sneezing or exhaling.
- Support as this is the most inclusive way of including all three sources. And there is no clear evidence any way, we have to put all the uncertainty together and defer to all three of the equally authoritative sources —Almaty (talk) 15:54, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose We should mention the primary way first. Lots of secondary ways. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:59, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- doc james, I hate to say it, but we simply do not know the primary way. This is why we have to use the exact wording. —Almaty (talk)
- I do not care what we as Wikipedians know. I just care that we accurately reflect the sources. And both the CDC and WHO comment on the main / primary way. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:06, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- yes by I don’t know I mean the sources don’t know. So we don’t know and the encyclopaedia can’t assert. —Almaty (talk) 17:17, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- I do not care what we as Wikipedians know. I just care that we accurately reflect the sources. And both the CDC and WHO comment on the main / primary way. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:06, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- doc james, I hate to say it, but we simply do not know the primary way. This is why we have to use the exact wording. —Almaty (talk)
- Oppose "seems". To whom does it seem? Option 3 is better. Alternative words that convey a degree of doubt might be "leading hypothesis" or "current scientific understanding" which convey that this is what the evidence says, but with science there's no final word. The evidence might change. "Typically" is good because it allows that the disease might spread by other means too. Jehochman 16:06, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- it seems to and is thought to by the ECDC and the CDC. We can’t assert more than that, based on one line the WHO has said. We have to accurately convey the uncertainty of all three equally reliable sources. —Almaty (talk) 16:15, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support based on WHO COVID-19 FAQ (Section "How does COVID-19 spread?"):
The disease can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when a person with COVID-19 coughs or exhales.
People can also catch COVID-19 if they breathe in droplets from a person with COVID-19 who coughs out or exhales droplets.
– but I would remove "seems". --Amakuha (talk) 20:42, 21 March 2020 (UTC) - Oppose Option 3b is better. — RealFakeKimT 09:19, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Option 4b
The virus spreads between people most often via respiratory droplets, produced during coughing, sneezing or exhaling. ()
- Can consider without seems to. —Almaty (talk) 05:36, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- I think typicaly is the most sutibale word making 3b better to 4b. — RealFakeKimT 09:24, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose This is NOT generally airborne. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:35, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Option 5
"The virus is typically spread between people via respiratory droplets, primarily produced during coughing."
- Hi guys. I would argue this is the best compromise based on other options. Links droplets to coughing as a primary method of spread but doesn't close off respiratory droplets to coughing in an exclusive way. Allows for reader to think about the other ways in which droplets are produced (simple exhalation, sneezing) as per sources. Magna19 (talk) 16:18, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- This is pretty good but not quite there IMO. Why do the WHO and ECDC emphasise exhale so much? They haven’t told us. But they do, we have to include that. —-Almaty (talk) 16:24, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- I agree but we have to reach consensus somewhere and this seems to be the best bet. Magna19 (talk) 16:27, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- This is pretty good but not quite there IMO. Why do the WHO and ECDC emphasise exhale so much? They haven’t told us. But they do, we have to include that. —-Almaty (talk) 16:24, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose One "typical / primary" is enough. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:29, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose. Typical does the job; and is typical medical writing. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:32, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- There is too much ambiguity to only include one "typical/primarily". I would say editors need to compromise to reach consensus, this is how the site works. Magna19 (talk) 16:36, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Far too much ambiguity for just one typical or primary that’s not what the sources say. If you’re going to exclude sneezing and exhaling.... —Almaty (talk) 16:39, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose per Doc James and SandyGeorgia — RealFakeKimT 09:40, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Option 6
"Current scientific understanding is that the virus spreads between people via respiratory droplets, primarily produced during coughing, but also during sneezing or exhaling."
- Support as a consensusable option until the agencies align. —Almaty (talk) 16:33, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support - I'm happy with that, others will think it's too long no doubt. Magna19 (talk) 16:39, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Might be better to change 'exhaling' to 'simple exhalation' given coughing and sneezing are both exhalation. Magna19 (talk) 16:45, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- re the length it is best to give the seemingly primary method it’s due weight compared to surfaces and asymptomatic which are currently overemphasised in the lead. —Almaty (talk)
- Oppose #3 is better. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:16, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- It might be well to make this a sub proposal under Option 3. What about talking? As I navigated through a crowded grocery store this morning I avoided talking and didn't get in between two people who were having a lively chat. Jehochman 18:59, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- that is precisely my point User:Jehochman, you’ve become a perfect example how this sentence in the lead will modify peoples behaviour with real world consequences. The overwhelming majority of the WHO sources include exhale, as well as the ECDC. Talking is also exhaling. —-Almaty (talk) 04:25, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support based on WHO COVID-19 FAQ (Section "How does COVID-19 spread?"):
The disease can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when a person with COVID-19 coughs or exhales.
People can also catch COVID-19 if they breathe in droplets from a person with COVID-19 who coughs out or exhales droplets.
--Amakuha (talk) 20:42, 21 March 2020 (UTC) - Oppose 3b is better. — RealFakeKimT 09:42, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Option 7 (Withdrawn)
“The virus often spreads between people via respiratory droplets, usually produced during coughing.”
We had this a few weeks ago, but the double qualifier was removed. The double qualifier is necessary because 1. The droplets is the likely most common mode, it’s possibly airborne and possibly fecal oral and others 2. The droplets are most often coughing, but very commonly they are via sneezing or exhaling. —Almaty (talk) 17:42, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- You have now proposed 5 options User:Almaty. This is not really appropriate. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:45, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- User:Almaty is compromising and trying to reach consensus, unlike others. Magna19 (talk) 17:46, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- User:Almaty could think things through more carefully before making proposals. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:05, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Misplaced Pages is for the readers, not the egos of editors. Magna19 (talk) 18:16, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- I have thought them through carefully, I’ve been working on this sentence the whole time. And I note that the first option changed mid RfC. Each one I’ve tried and would have a few days until it was changed again, because it’s so difficult. —Almaty (talk) 18:24, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Nobody is willing to compromise anymore, that's part of the problem. If option 3 goes ahead it will undermine everything that[REDACTED] is about and mislead thousands of readers on how this thing spreads, which is potentially quite dangerous. Magna19 (talk) 18:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Such issues aside, I think it's clearly not helpful to have 8 different options under discussion, in a page as active as this, and where 5 of those came from the same editor, 4 of them in less than 2 hours. This has nothing to do with the "egos of editors" or "nobody is willing to compromise" but that when you have such a confusing discussion when there is so much else to do, most editors are likely to not bother to get involved. I can't comment on how much someone has "thought" about each option, but there should be a better way than coming up with 5 different options. Nil Einne (talk) 06:09, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- the better way to have the discussion would be to separately discuss 1. Whether to include “coughing sneezing and exhaling” vs “coughing” vs “respiratory droplets.” Then to separately discuss qualifiers. But what’s done is done, the RFC was made in this format, and there is somewhat an early consensus of including two sentences or a combination of options. —Almaty (talk) 06:36, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- The point is there was no reason why you needed to make 6 different proposals. It was unnecessary and has likely harmed the discussion since it has reduced the willingness of people to participate. Part of the reason I haven't and won't offer any comment is because this whole thing is too confusing mostly due to your actions. Also I should clarify that it's not just the sheer number of options, or the that they were made by the same person, but the fact that many of them were very similar. A far better method is to make one proposal then take on board any feedback carefully than come up with the best consensus version. Not have to try 6 times. As I also said, maybe in a less active page this would be okay, but in a page as active as this, with so much else to do, it just makes editors think, I can't really be bothered to deal with this crap, and leave it for others. Remember since this is a discussion and not a vote, it's only really fair to consider each option and ideally each comment, before expressing an opinion. Nil Einne (talk) 07:25, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Actually I missed that option 2 was also from Almaty. So it's 6 of those came from the same editor, 5 of them in less than 3 hours. Nil Einne (talk) 07:08, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- the options have all been tried in the last 2-3 weeks in various combinations. So they need to be on the table. I didn’t just pick them off the back of my head. This is the most important sentence, and I can put my opinions on the table , most options are responding to suggestions about compromise and therefore valid —Almaty (talk) 07:43, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Note : I restored this option and discussion after Nil Einne removed it, as it is a breach of talk page guidelines to unilaterally remove other people's comments. As an outside observer though, it looks like this RFC has multiple issues including options being altered after people have already !voted for them... Participants should avoid doing that because maybe the voters would not approve of the new wording. But also avoid adding numerous extra options that just muddy the waters and threaten the ability of the RfC to produce a good result. — Amakuru (talk) 07:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- the better way to have the discussion would be to separately discuss 1. Whether to include “coughing sneezing and exhaling” vs “coughing” vs “respiratory droplets.” Then to separately discuss qualifiers. But what’s done is done, the RFC was made in this format, and there is somewhat an early consensus of including two sentences or a combination of options. —Almaty (talk) 06:36, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Such issues aside, I think it's clearly not helpful to have 8 different options under discussion, in a page as active as this, and where 5 of those came from the same editor, 4 of them in less than 2 hours. This has nothing to do with the "egos of editors" or "nobody is willing to compromise" but that when you have such a confusing discussion when there is so much else to do, most editors are likely to not bother to get involved. I can't comment on how much someone has "thought" about each option, but there should be a better way than coming up with 5 different options. Nil Einne (talk) 06:09, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Nobody is willing to compromise anymore, that's part of the problem. If option 3 goes ahead it will undermine everything that[REDACTED] is about and mislead thousands of readers on how this thing spreads, which is potentially quite dangerous. Magna19 (talk) 18:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- User:Almaty could think things through more carefully before making proposals. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:05, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- User:Almaty is compromising and trying to reach consensus, unlike others. Magna19 (talk) 17:46, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- You have now proposed 5 options User:Almaty. This is not really appropriate. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:45, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support - Again, a fair and reasonable compromise. Magna19 (talk) 17:48, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose Gish gallop style of argument whereby lots of alternatives are proposed that are all essentially the same. Let the original 4 proposals be considered. Once a consensus is reached and the edit is made, there might be new information and then a new discussion might be appropriate. Until then, don't try to get your way by smothering us with alternatives. Jehochman 18:57, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- the reasons for the options are because as stated in the discussion, doc james has tried to combine two separate questions that are both important about arguably the most important sentence in one, see discussion. He has been arguably edit warring with me on this for weeks as i attempt to reach consensus and compromise with him and he goes back to his preferred wording without compromise, despite many many editors bringing it up. It should be investigated. —Almaty (talk) 03:40, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Sensible resolution
I'm happy with option 3, so long as the next sentence can add clarification, "These droplets can also be produced from sneezing and normal exhalation" as per the current edit. The sources list sneezing and exhalation too much to do away with them entirely in this important part of the article. Surely this is a sensible resolution? Support/oppose below. Magna19 (talk) 19:50, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support. Magna19 (talk) 11:47, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support. Having two sentences is OK. As long as it mentions exhaling (in line with WHO's FAQ). --Amakuha (talk) 20:51, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support. Having two sentences is most certainly ok. —Almaty (talk) 03:45, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose That can go in the body of the text. Just like how it may also spread by stool. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:03, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- it can’t go in the body of the text, because exhalation is everywhere, apart from one line that you have selectedly quoted in the WHO source. The main method, of droplets involves sneezing and exhalation. And even that is very uncertain, per the agency sources. WHO aren’t conveying the uncertainty for political reasons and simple clear communication , but I disagree with that approach for the encyclopaedia. —Almaty (talk)
- I support the removal of the disputed tag whilst the second sentence as worded in the lead remains in. I too read that this is the early consensus of resolving this dispute. —Almaty (talk) 12:19, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Doc James, those against the odd overemphasis on coughing have already compromised on the first sentence, now it is reasonable for you to do same re: second sentence. It's the only sensible way to resolve this. Magna19 (talk) 16:54, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- We can move onto the next RfC regarding the second sentence next. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:02, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- no we can’t, it hasnt been closed and there is not clear consensus. Why don’t you budge even slightly? Your actions are unconscionable and have real world effects as shown by Jehochman.—Almaty (talk) 20:36, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Doc James, those against the odd overemphasis on coughing have already compromised on the first sentence, now it is reasonable for you to do same re: second sentence. It's the only sensible way to resolve this. Magna19 (talk) 16:54, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- I would support as the first sentence "The virus is typically spread from one person to another during close contact and via respiratory droplets produced during coughing." In line with this. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:20, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Discussion
Feel free to add further options to the RfC.
respiratory droplets include coughing sneezing and exhaling in general. I wasn’t keen to include it weeks ago because of the confusion with airborne transmission. But they do. We need to divide this RFC somehow to whether we include “coughing sneezing and exhaling” and then we can discuss seems to vs thought to vs other specific qualifiers as a separate thing. —Almaty (talk) 16:19, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- The RfC above is fine. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:30, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
yes if we need to use this RfC, we need options, as some may have missed this discussion primarily between ourselves Due to the volume of edits. --49.195.179.13 (talk) 17:57, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Ideally, we could just refer to respiratory droplets transmitted in close contact or list the common transmission routes in order of priority. I just think we should dial back the focus on coughing until more is known, especially given the growing focus on asymptomatic transmission. The CDC, WHO, ECDC, and UpToDate all do a good job of this. I've copied their text below. - Wikmoz (talk) 20:01, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- i support “respiratory droplets transmitted when people are in close contact” —Almaty (talk) 12:03, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Health Agency and Leading Publication Examples
- CDC: "Based on what is currently known about COVID-19 and what is known about other coronaviruses, spread is thought to occur mostly from person-to-person via respiratory droplets among close contacts. Close contact can occur while caring for a patient, including: being within approximately 6 feet (2 meters) of a patient with COVID-19 for a prolonged period of time..."
- CDC: "The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person: Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet). Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes."
- WHO: "People can catch COVID-19 from others who have the virus. The disease can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when a person with COVID-19 coughs or exhales. These droplets land on objects and surfaces around the person. Other people then catch COVID-19 by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose or mouth. People can also catch COVID-19 if they breathe in droplets from a person with COVID-19 who coughs out or exhales droplets. This is why it is important to stay more than 1 meter (3 feet) away from a person who is sick."
- ECDC: "The virus seems to be transmitted mainly via respiratory droplets that people sneeze, cough, or exhale."
- UpToDate: "Person-to-person spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is thought to occur mainly via respiratory droplets, resembling the spread of influenza. With droplet transmission, virus released in the respiratory secretions when a person with infection coughs, sneezes, or talks can infect another person if it makes direct contact with the mucous membranes; infection can also occur if a person touches an infected surface and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth. Droplets typically do not travel more than six feet (about two meters) and do not linger in the air; however, in one letter to the editor, SARS-CoV-2 remained viable in aerosols under experimental conditions for at least three hours."
- we need to focus on correct before clear and consistent, when there is so much ambiguity. We need to make who says the statements clear and where, and cite, and not synthesise, because they differ. This option is synthesis of a WHO’s assertion that they have only made once. The CDC and ECDC do not support that assertion without careful qualifiers, and the use of other words - sneeze and exhale, respectively. Therefore this sentence is not correct per the sources quoted. —Almaty (talk) 05:29, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- I now note that also the CDC has been selectively quoted in this RFC, not just the WHO. The CDC emphasise “ Between people who are in close contact with one another” above coughing. This is roughly equivalent to the WHO’s use of cough and exhale. This selective quoting, of both the CDC and WHO, whilst ignoring the ECDC, to confirm what I can only presume is a preexisting opinion of the editor opening the RFC, should have no place in our encyclopaedia. —Almaty (talk) 07:24, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Comment Why is sneezing (non-controversial) being removed with exhalation (controversial) Sugarcoils (talk) 16:02, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Sneezing can go in the body IMO. WHO says "coughing" Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:01, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Summary
- Option 3 has by far majority support. Next we can move on to what the summary of the second sentence should be. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:07, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- this is not a vote or your personal fiefdom . —Almaty (talk) 20:30, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- What is your summary? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:11, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Doc James what's the criteria for consensus on my 'sensible resolution' section? Magna19 (talk) 21:56, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- What is your summary? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:11, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- I have made a table bellow feel free to edit it if i have made any errors.
| Option | Support | Oppose |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3a | 10 | 2 |
| 3b | 2 | 1 |
| 4a | 2 | 3 |
| 4b | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 |
— RealFakeKimT 09:49, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you, but what about the consensus so far for the 'sensible resolution' I proposed? 3-1 in favour of support so far. How many supports required for consensus? Still no answer from @Doc James:.
- This RfC is just about the first sentence. Sure we can start the second sentence aswell which is below. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:04, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you, but what about the consensus so far for the 'sensible resolution' I proposed? 3-1 in favour of support so far. How many supports required for consensus? Still no answer from @Doc James:.
Per Capita meaning - per mille
Apparently no one here knows the meaning of per capita. Can someone revise the map and accompanying caption to indicate that the deaths are per mille.
For example: Japanese national debt is ~US$11.06 trillion in total, but per capita it is ~$102,000. 73.26.46.210 (talk) 15:43, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- The caption is correct and clear. > 1 case per 1,000 inhabitants means greater than 0.001 per capita; 1–10 cases per 10,000 inhabitants means from 0.0001 to 0.001 per capita. Writing "> 0.001 per capita", "0.0001-0.001 per capita", ... would be technically correct, but more cognitively difficult for many readers, because the reader would have to try to understand "for a typical person, there's a 1/1000-th of a person infected" or "for a typical person, there's between a 1/10000-th and a 1/1000-th of a person infected". Boud (talk) 23:21, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Boud: more clarity from the OP, like linking or quoting what they are referring to would help. But I think the the OP is probably referring to File:COVID-19 Outbreak World Map Total Deaths per Capita.svg or Template:Interactive COVID-19 maps/Per capita confirmed cases but of which are already per million but per capita. That said, I'm not convinced it would be clearer to make them per mille. Nil Einne (talk) 11:54, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- My guess is that 73.26.46.210 was pointing out that national debt per capita is typically a value greater than one, while here we have numbers which are all less than one; and s/he thought that "per mille" applies to any per-person-normalised scales that give values that are typically less than one. In any case, we have the scales written out explicitly, and I agree that modifying everything by a factor of 1000 doesn't make sense. Writing "1–10 cases per mille", "1–10 cases per 10 mille" might be understandable by French (and some other latin-based language) speakers, but would be confusing to people knowing only English and non-latin languages - where "mille" sounds more like "million" than "thousand". Boud (talk) 12:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
How do opinions about Trump's handling of the crisis fit in?
My other question was archived, and in fact it was about actions Trump failed to take before COVID-19 was even known to exist, based on a radio newscast, though I have yet to find a reliable source stating what the newscast said. Opinions of Trump's handling of the situation are certainly notable and I assume they're mentioned or should be, in the main article. They might also be in other articles.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 16:07, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- The focus of this article should be mostly on the global, medical situation (which does include some politics); it already criticizes Trump with undue and unbalanced content. The US-specific article already does a more-than-adequate job of misrepresenting the US response, but feel free to add to the mess over there, and please leave this article to focus on the global medical situation. There are individual country articles, this article is large, and summary style to individual articles should be used. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:25, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Agree. This belongs in the USA article. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:44, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- I wasn't aware of all the other articles but given how much this has to cover, I should have realized that.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:46, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Agree. This belongs in the USA article. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:44, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
The US response section of THIS PAGE has political opinion critical of our presidents response, and none regarding Nancy Pelosi's refusal to release money for that response. It IS politacal, it IS biased, and IT SHOULD BE GONE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.203.36.123 (talk) 18:59, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Updates to SVG Files
More a Wikicommons question, but thought I'd post here given the traffic. Currently using a computer without Photoshop, anyone know how to update the SVG map(s) with another resource? Those on this page, and related ones — e.g., 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Asia — are terribly outdated. --(Moshe) מֹשֶׁה 19:34, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- You wouldn't use photoshop to update that anyhow as it is a vector image. I can recommend Inkscape, which is open source. However, that file might also be editable in a text editor. I would run this by WT:COVID. Carl Fredrik 19:44, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, @Carl. What is the standard, is it Inkscape? Been on Wiki a long time, but never edited and uploaded a new version of an SVG before. --(Moshe) מֹשֶׁה 19:47, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Inkscape is what is normally used here, however there is also Adobe Illustrator, but seeing as it's more for professional use and quite expensive, I'm not going to recommend it. Carl Fredrik 19:51, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, @Carl. What is the standard, is it Inkscape? Been on Wiki a long time, but never edited and uploaded a new version of an SVG before. --(Moshe) מֹשֶׁה 19:47, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- Even better, emacs is excellent for editing svg files. That's at the heart of free-licensing, which is at the core of what Misplaced Pages is built on in terms of both software and content. Use C-c C-c to switch between the file itself and the file rendered as an image. Or create a shell/perl/python script to update only those parts of the file that need to be updated. Boud (talk) 00:01, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Boud — I'm not sure emacs is worth recommending as it is widely considered to be a very technical solution. Carl Fredrik 12:36, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Everyone has a choice along the range from users controlling software at one end to software controlling users at the other, though of course there's a learning curve at one end, and an obedience-training curve at the other. For those willing to and wanting to have (at least in principle via the free software community) control of software rather than vice-versa, emacs is an excellent solution; I assume that vim has equivalent possibilities. Boud (talk) 12:46, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- I use vim myself. I have used emacs in the past, but it took a long time to learn, so I would not recommend it unless you are going to use it often over a long period of time. How editible the .svg file is, will depend on how it is structured, but it is fairly easy to change colours of regions. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 03:44, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Proposal to make it a Vital Article
See Misplaced Pages talk:Vital articles/Level/5#Add 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic for a proposal to add the pandemic or disease. Crouch, Swale (talk) 22:16, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- See Misplaced Pages talk:Vital articles/Level/4#Add 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic and Misplaced Pages talk:Vital articles/Level/4#Add coronavirus for the level 4 proposal. — RealFakeKimT 17:16, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
United States Pence Coordination inaccurate
In the United States portion, there is an AP article cited to say that VP Mike Pence office coordinated with Health officials to control the message. This is biased as such an action is commonplace and not unique. Raj208 (talk) 23:49, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- we don't do politics , please limit questions to the article 'subject', thank you--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 20:06, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
impact on 2020 US presidential election
@Polskiwielbiciel: How do you know that, "The outbreak has had a negative impact on Donald Trump's chances of re-election"? An article in the New York Times may say that, but it doesn't make it so.
In fact, I don't see any amount of evidence that would establish that conclusively. If the NYT article you cite actually supports your claim, you could say that "The NYT" or the author of that article "clam that the outbreak has had ... ."
I appreciate your contributions to Misplaced Pages, but I feel a need to revert this. DavidMCEddy (talk) 02:21, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
I hope this is the correct place to reply to the message you sent me. Before participating as an editor I wanted to do a little research about possible political bias at Misplaced Pages, so I posted small edits on the most controversial topic I could find, with some of my edits favoring a Democrat point of view and others the Republican. I am pleased that these edits have been removed, although there is a hint of bias remaining in the sentence that currently reads: "The outbreak may have a negative impact on Donald Trump's chances of re-election in the 2020 presidential election." since a version of this sentence that I tested, i.e.: "The outbreak may not have a negative impact...etc." was edited back to the current one.
Following Misplaced Pages's published editorial standards, I think either version is unacceptable, because either version is speculative and not in accordance with Misplaced Pages's admonishment to use past tense only. Sincerely, David LeightonPolskiwielbiciel (talk) 13:23, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Polskiwielbiciel: Please don't do that again. You could be banned for making unconstructive edits. Bondegezou (talk) 14:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- I've deleted "may have a negative impact on Donald Trump's chances of re-election in the 2020 presidential election.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haberman |first=Maggie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/politics/trump-vs-biden.html |title=Trump's Re-election Chances Suddenly Look Shakier |date=12 March 2020 |work=] |access-date=15 March 2020 |last2=Martin |first2=Jonathan |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>"
- I'm inclined also to delete the rest of that paragraph: "The outbreak has prompted calls for the US to adopt social policies common in other wealthy countries, including universal health care, universal child care, paid family leave, and higher levels of funding for public health.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/13/opinion/americas-botched-response-coronavirus-is-problem-bigger-than-donald-trump/ |title=America's botched response to the coronavirus is a problem bigger than Donald Trump |website=]}}</ref>
- The problem I see with the part I left is that it's an old debate trying to opportunistically piggy back on this new concern. In addition, this article is already long, and this is one place it could easily be cut.
- What do you think? DavidMCEddy (talk) 16:26, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Also the numbers on this page seem a little on the high side. based on the available information it seems a little excessive. Sickboy254698 (talk) 15:51, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Compare to SARS outbreak?
It might be a good idea to compare this pandemic with the SARS outbreak - deaths, infections, reactions, etc. Even if it's not a in-depth analysis, there are definitely similarities (and differences) between SARS and this new COVID-19 pandemic. Mount2010 (talk) 06:42, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- We have to be careful of WP:SYNTH. We, as editors, should not be trying to make comparisons. If reliable sources have done that, great, let's cite them and use that information. Bondegezou (talk) 14:03, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Corona Prevention Video
Here's a hand sanitization related video that is claiming to be in C.C license. Can it be used in any corona related articles ?
And secondly, can any wiki community create a prevention/ awareness related video in English language so that it can be used in corona related articles ?
And please put some thoughts about "wiki community & corona" in here . THANKS .--Masum The Great (talk) 09:29, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- its on youtube :( Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 23:40, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
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- Ooh, tasty! But you left out a very important piece of information — what kind of pie is it? Is it banana cream, perhaps, in which case thank you, or is it pecan, in which case THANK YOU!!! Sdkb (talk) 17:24, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Tasted like an apple pie *ewwwwwww*. — RealFakeKimT 17:28, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Variation in death rates by country
Countries' death rates vary a great deal. For example, Germany has a large number of cases (well over 20,000), yet has a very low death rate of less than half a percent (fewer than 100). What are the reasons for that? Jim Michael (talk) 13:48, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- There's some discussion of this at Coronavirus disease 2019 and we could bring some of that text over. See Talk:Coronavirus_disease_2019#Case_Fatality_Rate_is_falling_dramatically_and_currently_0.7%_-_from_WHO for more discussion.
- Two big problems with measuring the death rate are counting mild cases and time. If you're not doing enough testing, you can miss mild cases, underestimate the denominator and the death rate looks higher. The death rate can look lower if cases were recently infected. It takes time for people to die of the condition, so if numbers are going up rapidly, most of your cases haven't had the condition for long, and your death rate looks better than it should do. As well as those methodological problems, you then have different case mixes. Mortality is higher in older people. A country with an older population (e.g. Italy) will thus have a higher death rate than one with a younger population (e.g. China). There may also be differences in underlying conditions, e.g. because of historical differences in smoking behaviour. After those explanations, there may then be differences in the response of the health services. Bondegezou (talk) 14:00, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Also currently official reporting in Germany is not reliable/comparable. In Italy over 99% of deaths have preexisting conditions (average death has 2.7 preexisting conditions) so many deaths can be unidentified as covid-19 or a country may chose not to report them. Germany is an outlier compared to most other countries so the above is the most probable explanation. --Gtoffoletto (talk) 14:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- There can be variation in how deaths are reported and the accuracy in determining the cause of death, but generally death certification is pretty accurate compared to most things in epidemiology. I would doubt differences in death reporting are the main factor. Bondegezou (talk) 15:37, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Also currently official reporting in Germany is not reliable/comparable. In Italy over 99% of deaths have preexisting conditions (average death has 2.7 preexisting conditions) so many deaths can be unidentified as covid-19 or a country may chose not to report them. Germany is an outlier compared to most other countries so the above is the most probable explanation. --Gtoffoletto (talk) 14:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Variations across countries in initial estimates of death rates are common in pandemics. For example, initial country estimates for case fatality rates for the 2009 Swine Flu varied from 0.1% to 5%. This variation is due to many factors but probably the most important are variations in the sample size and the degree of sample bias in the testing used by different countries. Many countries have acknowledged that they have focused testing to date mostly on the seriously ill, whereas it is known most people who contract the disease only have mild symptoms or are asymptomatic. In addition to this sample bias, most countries have done far too little testing. No country has tested more than 1% of their population to date. The highest so far is Norway - they have tested 0.88% of their population to date (population = 5,367,580 tests = 49,451). Norway is also the country with one of the lowest fatality rates so far (0.29%). By comparison, the UK has only tested 0.1% of their population, but has a death rate of 4.95%. There thus seems be a reverse correlation between amount of testing and death rate. Other factors are obviously important too, and the only real solution will be for countries to do a lot more testing. However, in the meantime, some experts advise that it is best to assume that countries that have done the most testing (Germany, Norway, South Korea) - particularly relative to the number of deaths - are probably reporting the most reliable fatality rates. It should also be noted that reported coronavirus death rates in China have declined over time, and that the final death rate for Swine Flu (0.02%) turned out to be 5 times less than the lowest initial estimate, and 250 times less than the highest. Surfingdan (talk) 13:15, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Adding more caveats that the actual number of cases are likely much higher than is being reported
There is a very important and useful note attached to the "cases" label on the main table - "Reported cumulative confirmed cases. The actual number of infections and cases are likely higher than reported, but impossible to ascertain." This caveat needs to be added to all the other instances where "cases" or "cumulative cases" are mentioned throughout the article. This is important, as a lot of people and governments are misunderstanding that the actual number of cases is probably much much higher than is being reported. This caveat also needs to be added to the Deaths section where talking about mortality/fatality rates because, given that the "actual number of infections and cases are likely higher than reported", this means that fatality rates (or mortality ratios) will likely be much lower than reported - as they are simply deaths divided by cases. If any justification is needed for this, consider the following: Italy is currently reporting 4,825 deaths (see main table). If the case fatality rate in Italy were anything like what is being reported from Germany (0.3%) this would mean that 1.6 million have been infected in Italy already (4,825 divided by 0.003 = 1.6 million). But there is no way that the Italian government can know or report this, as they have only done 233,222 tests. Ideally the term (as in the existing table note) "reported cumulative confirmed cases" should be used throughout, with a note to each instance adding "The actual number of infections and cases are likely higher than reported, but impossible to ascertain". Many thanks. Surfingdan (talk) 14:32, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, we need to be much clearer about the limitations in the numbers, especially cases reported.
- We should never be calculating mortality rates ourselves precisely because of problems like these. We should as much as possible only be reporting what WP:MEDRS-compliant sources say about mortality rates. Even then, we need to contextualise the numbers. Bondegezou (talk) 14:39, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
References
- https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
- https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/ese.14.33.19309-en
- https://en.wikipedia.org/Sampling_bias
- https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.18.20038125v1.full.pdf
- https://www.cebm.net/global-covid-19-case-fatality-rates/
- https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-flu-who/world-must-prepare-for-inevitable-next-flu-pandemic-who-says-idUSKBN1QS1EP
- https://www.cebm.net/global-covid-19-case-fatality-rates/?fbclid=IwAR0wxCGmnkfn9rwQJdaIDPSDTwyCwwGXVL0b0a1HByRQSd8GV0FmvvvjnCw
- http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_5351_26_file.pdf
- @Surfingdan: Agreed, absolutely. If you see places where we can change the language to make it better, please WP:BEBOLD and do so. Sdkb (talk) 09:18, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Sdkb: Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately, as I am new to Misplaced Pages, my account is not yet "confirmed" so I don't think I can edit the page directly myself, as it is semi-protected. Can anyone else help out here? Best wishes to all! Surfingdan (talk) 13:46, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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Please can edits be urgently done, as described and agreed above. My account is not yet confirmed, so I am, unfortunately, not able to do it myself. Specifically, every instance throughout the article of the phrase "confirmed cases" should be "reported confirmed cases". Where "cases" is just written this should be "reported cases". Throughout the whole article, including under all the graphs. This includes, but is not limited to, the grey info box under the map. Key instances, such as in the bottom of this box (where the global total of 358,000 is given), should have an additional note added to - as is already on the "cases" label in the table - "The actual number of infections and cases are likely higher than reported, but impossible to ascertain.". Thanks and best wishes to all. Surfingdan (talk) 16:18, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- This seems reasonable to me, but I want to defer to those with more medical expertise. Doc James or others, what do you think? Sdkb (talk) 18:49, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- User:Sdkb and User:Surfingdan we already have a tag that says "Reported cumulative confirmed cases. The actual number of infections and cases are likely higher than reported, but impossible to ascertain." Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:56, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Add a current event template on this article.
Information about this pandemic is still growing like wildfire to this day. I propose we add a
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template on this article seeing as many edits are being made to this page each day, as well as new, rapidly changing information.
- A outbreak template is better. Regice2020 (talk) 19:52, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Explicit guidance in a top ambox?
While it is course exceedingly unusual to suggest that an article give advice to readers in the imperative voice, would it be worth typing up https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public into an ambox? At 1 million hits a day, this would be a non-trivial contribution to promoting social distancing and similar. (It is obvious that this would violate NPOV and a bunch of other policies - however I think it would be worthwhile regardless.) I suggest WHO rather than a national organisation to avoid being too region-specific. User:GKFX 15:43, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Regarding how this is likely to play out, given that, after extensive debate, even suicide doesn't have any public service-type announcement at the top other than a hatnote to suicide prevention, I doubt it'd be possible to achieve consensus for something like that here. Regarding my personal view, is there information at that link that's not adequately covered in the article? I'd need to think about this more. There's an obvious upside, but the policies that this would violate also exist for very good reason and it could set a precedent that could potentially become very troublesome, so there are downsides to consider too. Sdkb (talk) 16:51, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
RfC on second sentence regarding spread
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What do you think the second sentence regarding transmission/spread should be? Following the start of the second paragraph "The virus is typically spread from one person to another via respiratory droplets produced during coughing." - Magna19 (talk) 17:42, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Option 1 (RfC2)
"These droplets can also be produced from sneezing and normal exhalation."
Reasoning:
CDC: - "Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes."
WHO: - "The disease can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when a person with COVID-19 coughs or exhales."
ECDC: - "The virus seems to be transmitted mainly via respiratory droplets that people sneeze, cough, or exhale."
UpToDate: - "With droplet transmission, virus released in the respiratory secretions when a person with infection coughs, sneezes, or talks"
My opinion is that with all these sources saying these things, it is important to include sneezing and normal exhalation in the second sentence.
Support/Oppose below and please add other options if you deem necessary.
- Support. - Magna19 (talk) 17:42, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose This is not the primary method. This "normal exhalation" makes it sound like it is airborne which it is not. This belongs in the body of the article. Yes these can produce in smaller numbers via other methods but this is not the main method. IMO the second sentence should be "It may also be spread from touching contaminated surfaces and then touching one's face" The lead is a summary. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:47, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Doc James I really respect your work. The WHO is reporting this as the primary method in the link above. What more reputable source supports your view? If a COV19 positive person talks normally with you do you think you wouldn't get it? Come on holiday to Milan and you will change idea fast. Would you consider changing your vote? This misleading omission can really damage the world. Especially in the lead. People are dying. Thanks --Gtoffoletto (talk) 17:34, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- User:Gtoffoletto can you provide an exact quote that says simple breathing is a primary method? I am seeing "The main way the disease spreads is through respiratory droplets expelled by someone who is coughing." Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:53, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Unless it was added after your question, the "exact quotes" are literally directly above. —Locke Cole • t • c 18:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- User:Gtoffoletto can you provide an exact quote that says simple breathing is a primary method? I am seeing "The main way the disease spreads is through respiratory droplets expelled by someone who is coughing." Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:53, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Doc James: Why are you ignoring the quoted excerpts from the WHO and ECDC? —Locke Cole • t • c 18:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- The WHO does NOT in the quotes above state it is mainly from breathing. The ECDC says mainly via respiratory droplets (which we also say), not necessarily that those are from breathing. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:08, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Doc James: Luckily the proposal does not use the word "breathing". Why are you using a strawman argument on this? —Locke Cole • t • c 18:16, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Ah exhalation is breathing out. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:19, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Doc James: Very well. Why are you ignoring the quotes above from the WHO and ECDC? —Locke Cole • t • c 18:25, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- I am not. WHO states verbatim "The main way the disease spreads is through respiratory droplets expelled by someone who is coughing." There is a full stop at the end of that sentence. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:29, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Doc James: You're cherry picking now. That's literally further down from this full quote directly above the part you quoted:
People can catch COVID-19 from others who have the virus. The disease can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when a person with COVID-19 coughs or exhales. These droplets land on objects and surfaces around the person. Other people then catch COVID-19 by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose or mouth. People can also catch COVID-19 if they breathe in droplets from a person with COVID-19 who coughs out or exhales droplets. This is why it is important to stay more than 1 meter (3 feet) away from a person who is sick.
(emphasis mine) —Locke Cole • t • c 18:39, 23 March 2020 (UTC)- Yes I know. I have read that page multiple times. And exhale is in the body of the article as is transmission via stool. In my opinion mentioning close contact in the first / second sentence is better as it does not imply that this is airborne. We need to improve the wording around exhale in the body aswell. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:45, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Doc James: You're cherry picking now. That's literally further down from this full quote directly above the part you quoted:
- I am not. WHO states verbatim "The main way the disease spreads is through respiratory droplets expelled by someone who is coughing." There is a full stop at the end of that sentence. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:29, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Doc James: Very well. Why are you ignoring the quotes above from the WHO and ECDC? —Locke Cole • t • c 18:25, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Ah exhalation is breathing out. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:19, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Doc James: Luckily the proposal does not use the word "breathing". Why are you using a strawman argument on this? —Locke Cole • t • c 18:16, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- The WHO does NOT in the quotes above state it is mainly from breathing. The ECDC says mainly via respiratory droplets (which we also say), not necessarily that those are from breathing. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:08, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Doc James I really respect your work. The WHO is reporting this as the primary method in the link above. What more reputable source supports your view? If a COV19 positive person talks normally with you do you think you wouldn't get it? Come on holiday to Milan and you will change idea fast. Would you consider changing your vote? This misleading omission can really damage the world. Especially in the lead. People are dying. Thanks --Gtoffoletto (talk) 17:34, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- oppose not primary method--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 19:01, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- See comment above --Gtoffoletto (talk) 17:34, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose per Doc James — RealFakeKimT 15:41, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Given you use the term 'primary method', this means that clearly, there are other methods. As it stands, the lead gives the impression that coughing is the only means by which these droplets can be produced. This is not true and IMO is misleading. The lead needs to at least give some indication that other methods of droplet formation exist, which can then be expanded upon fully in the body of the article. Fairly surprised that we're even having this debate tbh. Magna19 (talk) 19:08, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- everything in the article should be discussed--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 19:13, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- strongly Support. this is Part of the primary Method. The primary method is via close contact, via respiratory droplets, that may be produced by sneezing, coughing, or exhalation. The selective quotations and mis quotations by other editors, as well as effective censoring of the previous discussion on this topic by starting binary RfCs is unconscionable, and unsafe, in no uncertain terms, against all Misplaced Pages is meant to be. Please see the previous RfC and all previous discussions on this, there are at least 10 editors who support exhalation being listed as part of the primary method. —Almaty (talk) 21:17, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Almaty, once again I agree. The question is, how is that consensus conveyed into an edit on the article? The answer is that it can't, because it will be changed and argued that consensus hasn't been reached. Then we will have to reach consensus on how we come to consensus, and on and on it goes. I'm starting to think that Misplaced Pages is no longer about the community or sensible compromise. Magna19 (talk) 22:12, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- strongly Support. The Lead is completely incorrect and misleading. Currently it appears that only coughing produces the required droplets which is clearly not true. --Gtoffoletto (talk) 16:33, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Strong support. I would actually condense the first sentence and proposed second sentence into one: "The virus is typically spread from one person to another via respiratory droplets produced during coughing, sneezing and normal exhalation.". —Locke Cole • t • c 18:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Merge with first sentence, so that it reads "The virus is typically spread from one person to another via respiratory droplets produced during coughing, sneezing, or exhaling". --Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝) 19:16, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Option 2 (RfC2)
"It may also be spread from touching contaminated surfaces and then touching one's face." or "It may also be spread during close contact and from touching contaminated surfaces and then touching one's face."
based on World Health Organization which says "These droplets land on objects and surfaces around the person. Other people then catch COVID-19 by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose or mouth."
- Support Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:25, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose Doesn't give any indication of alternate ways that droplets are produced, leaving the previous sentence giving the false impression that coughing is the only way. Misleading and inaccurate. All those sources above mention exhalation and sneezing for a reason. Full expansion on alternate ways can be included in body of article, but some indication should be given in the lead. Magna19 (talk) 21:36, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- support as well--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 21:57, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support option 1 is of the table so it has to be 2. — RealFakeKimT 15:41, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @RealFakeKim: And why is option 1 " the table"? —Locke Cole • t • c 18:09, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Locke Cole I supported that sentence being added to the first sencence above but the consentious is still for 3a. This is also better for a follow on senctence to the first. — RealFakeKimT 19:10, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support I think that option 2 is the best choice based on the sources. JenOttawa (talk) 15:58, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @JenOttawa: Except it leaves out exhaling as a potential method of spread which both the WHO and ECDC state. —Locke Cole • t • c 18:09, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose/malformed RFC this option should not be relevant in this RFC as it is unrelated to sentence in option 1. It should be included but AFTER the sentence in option 1. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gtoffoletto (talk • contribs) 17:24, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose per Magna19 and Gtoffoletto. —Locke Cole • t • c 18:09, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Strong support, building off from my vote at option 1. --Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝) 19:17, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Discussion (RfC2)
I do not think it is appropriate to position simple breathing as a major method of spread of this disease. It is not airborne like measles which is often spread by simple breathing. Not one of those sources state breathing is a major mechanism. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:29, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- the sources say exhaling, not breathing. Close contacts is the CDCs way of clarifying this. —Almaty (talk) 23:06, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Exhaling is simply breathing. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:06, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Comment The discution on the first sentence of the second paragraph is still on going as new options have poped up. — RealFakeKimT 09:59, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Comment this whole discussion is a mess. The phrase "The virus is typically spread from one person to another via respiratory droplets produced during coughing" si gravely incomplete and substantially misleading and must be corrected ASAP. Voting on those sentences has been badly handled. I propose ALL VOTING SHOULD BE URGENTLY RESET. Discussions should be clearly closed. And a new CLEAN RFC should be created to resolve this issue. We are really damaging the world right now. --Gtoffoletto (talk) 17:27, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Fully agree. This whole topic discussion is just nonsensical. Magna19 (talk) 17:39, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Worldometers vs Johns Hopkins University
Worldometers (WOM) data contradict Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
- Total Confirmed: 328,275 (JHU) / 338,259 (WOM)
- Total Deaths: 14,366 (JHU) / 14,457 (WOM)
- Total Recovered: 95,656 (JHU) / 96,958 (WOM)
- Countries/regions: 169 (JHU) / 189 (WOM)
John Hopkins University data are updated every 1-2 hours. Worldometers data are updated every few minutes. Aoito (talk) 18:46, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Both are fine What we need is a RfC about what sources we use. I have come around to the possition that WorldOmeter is fine. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:48, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Just remember that we shouldn't be updating case numbers on Misplaced Pages articles every few minutes or even every hour. Readers can check either source if they want the most up-to-date numbers. Liz 18:53, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- If people want to update every few minutes than they can... Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:55, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- I don't know if you are just referring to this article, but this VERY frequent updating causes havoc for those trying to Watchlist COIVD-19 articles, in general. Liz 21:04, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- I don't think Worldometer is fine at all. It does not come close to Misplaced Pages standards for reliable sources. It does not provide sources for every update, it reported plainly wrong figures for Spain a few days ago, it reported a case in Angola based in a report about a viral WhatsApp audio. It's a great tool to find "breaking news" about stats, but it really trades off reliability in favor of freshness. This was particularly frustrating whenever Worldometer reported an unreliable figure and other editors rushed to change the figures even when these figures where backed by far more reliable sources. --MarioGom (talk) 19:29, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- I agree. Worldometers don't seem like a reliable source. Aoito (talk) 20:56, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
RfC on the sources we can use to support numbers of cases
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Any source that gets more than 50% support can be used. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:55, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
WRONG FORUM. This discussion was already occurring at the more general level, WP:RSN when this post was made; this RFC should be removed from here. Further, the idea that "any source that gets more than 50% support can be used" is not a statement reflected by any interpretation of consensus anywhere on Misplaced Pages. Please remove this RFC. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:00, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Worldometers
- Support Good enough. Provides sources. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:55, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose: it is the most up-to-date aggregate source, but not the most reliable (see the discussion below). We can do better and use reliable sources. --MarioGom (talk) 19:33, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose: It's the most reliable and we don't need the most live uppdate. — RealFakeKimT 19:02, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
1point3acres
- Support Good enough. Provides sources. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:55, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Weak Support I agree with Doc James but the Johns Hopkins source does the same job on a global scale. — RealFakeKimT 19:02, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Johns Hopkins
- Support High quality source but a little out of date sometimes. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:55, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support, but there are other national/regional reliable sources that are more up-to-date. --MarioGom (talk) 19:31, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Strong Support It may be slower than others but is the most reliable. — RealFakeKimT 19:02, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Discussion
- Invalid duplicate RFC, wrong forum, please remove. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:04, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Please, see Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject COVID-19#Case Count Task Force. Worldometers does not provide sources for every update and in some cases it provided unreliable/dubious sources (e.g. a tabloid-style report about a viral WhatsApp audio). That's why I started Misplaced Pages:WikiProject COVID-19/Case Count Task Force to list the most reliable, stable and up-to-date sources for each country. --MarioGom (talk) 19:23, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Further improvements to edit notices and talk page cleanup/organization
This template must be substituted. Creating a space here to continue the conversation from the recently-archived Talk:2019–20_coronavirus_pandemic/Archive_21#How_can_we_get_this_talk_page_under_control?. Sdkb (talk) 19:06, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Copying one comment I made just before it was archived: I just added a notice to the top of this talk page encouraging editors to consider contributing to one of the sub-articles instead (scroll up and look for the notice with the orange stop sign to read it). Should this be added as another edit notice when people edit the article directly, or should we add a line to the main edit notice for the article stating the point in brief and linking to the template? Sdkb (talk) 19:06, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Someone (I'm not sure who) keeps uncollapsing the requested move history at the top of this talk page. I understand the fatigue, but it's so long as this point, I think it needs to be collapsed to create space for other notices. Sdkb (talk) 21:59, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Current consensus list
Looks good so far. There are lots of consensuses not yet listed — please go add them! Sdkb (talk) 19:06, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Possible duration
I see that someone has added a section on possible duration. This is entirely speculation, which adds nothing to the article apart from bloating an article that is already too big. I'd suggest deleting it. Hzh (talk) 19:09, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Having a section is definitely bloat. Maybe a paragraph or two at most. For the rest, is there some other article we could move it to? I don't think it's necessarily a WP:CRYSTAL violation, but we don't have room for it here. Sdkb (talk) 19:41, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- It depends on who makes the comment. If the World Health Organization or CDC speculates that would be due weight. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:18, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- At the moment, there is nothing in the section by the CDC or WHO. Given that, as stated, it is
almost impossible to make any sensible projection right now
, I don't see anything useful in adding speculated end dates. Perhaps it only warrants a sentence or two in the epidemiology section (for example, whether it will end in a few months or become seasonal). Hzh (talk) 09:55, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- At the moment, there is nothing in the section by the CDC or WHO. Given that, as stated, it is
- It depends on who makes the comment. If the World Health Organization or CDC speculates that would be due weight. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:18, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Multi-language poster about sneezing and coughing
I organized the translation of a poster about sneezing and coughing into around 30 languages. User facing: https://pesho-ivanov.github.io/#Sneeze WikiMedia uploads: here. Please let me know what is the best way to distribute and use them. Cheater no1 (talk) 20:15, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- nicely done, and in a lot of languages--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 22:00, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you Cheater no1 for your work I would suggest putting them on this page on the other wikis (look at the wikidata iteam or 'Languages' tab on the left of the screen) so their edditing teams and implument them. — RealFakeKimT 10:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- I think it's generally nice and slightly funny, but I wonder if "biological weapon" there is a result of mistranslation, or voluntary metaphor? With all the misinformation around, "biological hazard" may be a more appropriate description... —PaleoNeonate – 18:42, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
RFCs are being made unnecessarily and comments censored
Comments on RFCs cannot be removed. Also RfCs have been made unfairly when talk page consensus hasn’t already been reached Almaty (talk) 20:18, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- No idea what you are referring to? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:13, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Almaty, I agree with you, fully. This is not the way to run Misplaced Pages at all. In fact, we were reaching consensus on a second sentence on the first RfC but unfortunately I had to create a 2nd so that I didn't get banned from editing. I've now removed the second RfC as it's completely pointless. RfC are not publicised enough to begin with, only when they seek to include something that a mod wants. Magna19 (talk) 21:27, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- You appear to want to position simple breathing as a major method of spread, ala measles, but the sources do not support that. It is a method sure. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Nope, you're mistaking my opinion. I am simply seeking that the article gives indication in the lead that droplets can also be produced by sneezing and exhalation. All sources listed fully support that. The article as it stands gives the impression that droplets can only be formed by coughing, which is wrong. Magna19 (talk) 21:42, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- You appear to want to position simple breathing as a major method of spread, ala measles, but the sources do not support that. It is a method sure. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Almaty, I agree with you, fully. This is not the way to run Misplaced Pages at all. In fact, we were reaching consensus on a second sentence on the first RfC but unfortunately I had to create a 2nd so that I didn't get banned from editing. I've now removed the second RfC as it's completely pointless. RfC are not publicised enough to begin with, only when they seek to include something that a mod wants. Magna19 (talk) 21:27, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Is this of use?
"Colombian Prison root over Coronavirus kills 23"
since the Colombian page seems moribund, can this be used here?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/22/colombian-prison-riot-over-coronavirus-fears-kills-23 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.224.20.240 (talk) 21:14, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Belongs on subpage. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:16, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Please WP:BEBOLD and help make the Colombian page less moribund! Sdkb (talk) 21:53, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Belongs on subpage. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:16, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Criteria for consensus
What is it? How many supports does one option require for this article? We appear to have an RfC on this talk page with many editors expressing support for an opinion but due to the poor organisation of this page, it's not clear until you read every single bit of the section. If an edit is made, will we begin a debate seeking consensus on whether consensus has been reached? Come on people, we need to be sensible. It's about the community. Magna19 (talk) 22:36, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Misplaced Pages:Consensus--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 23:44, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Read it many times. It's the definition of wishy-washy. Magna19 (talk) 23:52, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- "Consensus is Misplaced Pages's fundamental model for editorial decision making, and is marked by addressing legitimate concerns held by editors through a process of compromise while following Misplaced Pages policies." (Page nutshell) is prety clear clear cut in my opinion. — RealFakeKimT 11:10, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Read it many times. It's the definition of wishy-washy. Magna19 (talk) 23:52, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Add graph showing 10 most affected countries using data from WHO
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Semi-log graph showing the change in total count from the first reported date for the 10 most affected countries
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Givingbacktosociety (talk) 22:49, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Not done — Too much missing from the description of the image, and the legend is not clear. Didn't you post a similar image a few days ago and got the same comments? Carl Fredrik 22:56, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- The legend is clear. Updated axis labels. Updated description. This graph can replace the graph from file "Time series of active COVID-19 cases, most affected countries as of 2020-03-21.svg".Givingbacktosociety (talk) 03:27, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- There is still insufficient clarity and description on this to insert at this point. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 03:31, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Can you please elaborate? I have added more details to the description now.Givingbacktosociety (talk) 03:37, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- There is still insufficient clarity and description on this to insert at this point. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 03:31, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- The legend is clear. Updated axis labels. Updated description. This graph can replace the graph from file "Time series of active COVID-19 cases, most affected countries as of 2020-03-21.svg".Givingbacktosociety (talk) 03:27, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Other versions of these plots use the date of 100 cases or 10 deaths as a common starting point. Unfortunately, aligning with the day of first recorded case dramitically limits the value of the chart. - Wikmoz (talk) 06:43, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
References
- "Novel Coronavirus 2019 - Situation Updates". WHO. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
can someone help me with the ECDC refs
The ECDC was removed from the lead. It is a perfectly reliable source on par with the WHO and the CDC. This needs to be noted and also the reference was never invoked due to this removal. Please correct ASAP. --Almaty (talk) 23:51, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
also I note that the editor removing the ECDC stated that this is "the rest of the world" - clearly and repetitively being American centric. This is not the purpose of the encyclopaedi. --Almaty (talk) 23:52, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Would you mind linking to the specific case Almaty? I can't find it in the article history, and can't be sure if the issue is resolved or not... Carl Fredrik 11:37, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Total cases graph ("Total-cases-covid-19-who.png")
I've uploaded an updated, SVG version of the graph. Since I don't know much about Commons, licenses and uploads, can someone please take a look at if it's OK to replace the current graph. Thanks! byteflush Talk 04:30, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
![04:30, 23 March 2020 (UTC)](https://u3vuiephb.global.ssl.fastly.net/Talk:COVID-19_pandemic#c-Byteflush-2020-03-23T04:30:00.000Z-Total_cases_graph_("Total-cases-covid-19-who.png")){kind=link}
- So, I decided to be bold and replaced the graph with the newer, SVG one. If anyone objects, feel free to revert. byteflush Talk 04:36, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Basic reproduction rate
The numbers on this page and the numbers on the page for basic reproduction rate do not match.
Sickboy254698 (talk) 04:35, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- would you please give an example--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 15:27, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Clarification needed as to why primary prevention is hand washing if primary vector is airborne droplets
"The virus is typically spread from one person to another via respiratory droplets produced during coughing... Recommended preventive measures include hand washing...", sounds like nonsense, even though it's actually true. For the primary preventative measure not to address the typical method of spread is very strange. It's not wrong; it just doesn't make intuitive sense. The reason for this apparently conflicting expert opinion needs to be clarified.47.139.43.32 (talk) 04:37, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Those droplets are not airborne. They quickly land on the surfaces were they can survive for a while. Iluvalar (talk) 16:26, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Pandemic in 2019???
In the light of the early closure of my proposed move of this article, please could somebody, preferably one of those who objected to it, provide some proof of the existence of a pandemic in 2019? Kevin McE (talk) 08:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Kevin McE in your move request you request it's name to be changed to Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic I asume this means you think the pandemic started in 2019. — RealFakeKimT 10:34, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- No, the name of the disease is 'coronavirus disease 2019'. Your assumption is wrong. It is the title of the argument that posits the existence of a pandemic in 2019, not my proposal. Kevin McE (talk) 14:04, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Ok fine about the disease thing. For the pandemic it wasn't labeled a pandemic then correct but the events at the time lead to were we are now. — RealFakeKimT 15:55, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- No, the name of the disease is 'coronavirus disease 2019'. Your assumption is wrong. It is the title of the argument that posits the existence of a pandemic in 2019, not my proposal. Kevin McE (talk) 14:04, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Pandemics are named for the disease, not the virus
In the light of the early closure of my proposed move of this article, please could somebody, preferably one of those who objected to it, provide any medically competent grounds for claiming that a virus, as opposed to a disease, can be the subject of a pandemic? Kevin McE (talk) 08:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Kevin McE the coronavirus caused the pandemic. I don't see what your trying to say. — RealFakeKimT 10:30, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, the virus caused the pandemic, but that is like saying that a match (as opposed to the fire caused by that match) destroyed a garden shed. By definition, a pandemic is about the spread of a disease, not of the virus that causes it. The pandemic should carry the name of the disease. In 1918 there was a Spanish flu pandemic, not an H1N1 pandemic (named for the disease, not the virus). Kevin McE (talk) 14:04, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Fair enough but it is it's most conmmon name so should be the title of the article per WP:COMMONNAME. — RealFakeKimT 15:50, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, the virus caused the pandemic, but that is like saying that a match (as opposed to the fire caused by that match) destroyed a garden shed. By definition, a pandemic is about the spread of a disease, not of the virus that causes it. The pandemic should carry the name of the disease. In 1918 there was a Spanish flu pandemic, not an H1N1 pandemic (named for the disease, not the virus). Kevin McE (talk) 14:04, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support moving the page: "A pandemic is a disease epidemic that has spread across a large region." This is a COVID-19 pandemic not a coronavirus pandemic. I also disagree it's the most "common" name. Everybody calls it COVID-19 or Coronavirus disease 2019. --Gtoffoletto (talk) 16:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Strongly Disagre It's most commonly refered to as 'the coronavirus' or 'COVID-19'. I have never hear it beeing called 'Coronavirus disease 2019' in the main stream media. I stand behind what I previously said the WP:COMMONNAME is coronavirus. — RealFakeKimT 18:57, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Kevin McE: I took the freedom of merging your two consecutive threads. It does not seem very reasonable to have two concurrent and consecutive threads about your objections to move request closure. If you think otherwise, feel free to split them again and sorry for the inconvenience. Best, --MarioGom (talk) 10:38, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- I will(and now have) split them again: they are separate questions. They are not merely about objections to a premature closure, but are seeking someone, anyone, to make an informed argument as to why the current name, with the errors it incorporates, is defensible in an encyclopaedia. Kevin McE (talk) 14:04, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Someone add Mozambique to the map
Add the country Username900122 (talk) 08:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you, Username900122 this will be done when it is updated tommorow for the increase in cases. — RealFakeKimT 10:08, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Current state
This is a great article, I've been looking at it every day. But I'm not sure it adequately shows the way things are currently changing, particularly in visuals. For that there needs to be an emphasis on new cases and the daily toll of deaths as well as on the totals. I've tried to show this in the two graphs here, which show the top 5 countries in the world, considered by a balanced average of new cases and deaths. The information is mainly taken from worldometers.info.
These aren't necessarily graphs to be inserted into the article (they aren't svg's and I'm not instantly agreeing to update them every day). But the nearest (Covid-19 daily cases by region) is seriously out of date–at least a month(!) Chris55 (talk) 09:20, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 23 March 2020
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Covid-19 is likely to have originated in a wet market. In a wet market live animals are slaughtered and sold for consumption. The wet markets came about to inhibit starvation of millions of people under communist rule. In the wet markets, of which there are many in the world, cages are stacked one above the other. Animals in the lower cages are often soaked in bodily fluids such as faces, urine, puss, and blood, excreted from animals above them. That is how viruses can jump from one animal to another. If the animal is slaughtered and sold for consumption the virus has an evolutionary opportunity to jump the species barrier. Many viruses that affect humans have their evolutionary origins in animals. Influenza comes from birds and pigs. HIV/AIDS from chimpanzees. Ebola likely came from bats. There is some evidence Covid-19 came from a bat via a pangolin before infecting a human. R A Curtis BSc (BioSc) (talk) 09:51, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Hello R A Curtis BSc (BioSc) it is not clear what you want changed. Please use the 'Change X to Y' format. Thanks, — RealFakeKimT 09:55, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
New Information
Alas I have lost my original sign-on details, so I cannot edit But here is some vital information to be added The scientific advice is that the virus can live on cardboard for up to 24 hours, and surprisingly it can live for 72 hours on plastic or steel - but only 4 hours on cooper. see: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/new-coronavirus-stable-hours-surfaces — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr MikeFoster (talk • contribs) 10:10, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- thank you for post--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 15:38, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- This information is probrably more appropriet on the viruses acrtical instead of this one. — RealFakeKimT 16:05, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
WW2 Comparison
I have added back the sentence which says pandemic is the biggest crisis since ww2. The main reason for taking it out was it initially said by commentators. I have now found sources in which the PM of Italy, Chancellor of Germany have both said this is the biggest crisis since WW2. That is an important statement which merits inclusion in the opening paragraph. It gives the reader context of how truly historic this pandemic is. Mercenary2k (talk) 13:32, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- We cannot go beyond the sources, which say that it is the worst crisis in their respective nations (Germany and Italy), not the world. Kablammo (talk) 13:46, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- I don't think it should be added as it doesn't represent the world wide veiw of the pandemic. Also a consentius was formed here desiding it shouldn't be included (I'm awear the wording is diffrent). — RealFakeKimT 16:00, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- I disagree. The consensus was formed to include it if instead of commentators there were global and political leaders who made that comparison. And since that was founded, it merits an inclusion in the first paragraph. Mercenary2k (talk) 18:36, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Mercenary2k:, you've repeatedly tried to add that line back to the lead. You need to respect the current consensus. Starting a new discussion now that more political leaders are making the comparison is fine, but you should have done so before adding it back to the lead. Please don't make us give you a user warning. I'm going to revert, given that others here seem to still feel it is not warranted in the lead section. I agree with them — it's fine in the body but not yet the lead. Sdkb (talk) 19:19, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- I disagree. The consensus was formed to include it if instead of commentators there were global and political leaders who made that comparison. And since that was founded, it merits an inclusion in the first paragraph. Mercenary2k (talk) 18:36, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Coronavirus parties
Source: young people are being careless and making fun of older people who are and should be concerned, even coughing toward them.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:20, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Removal of individual deaths in the main template
Please see this discussion. Thanks. Lugnuts 17:30, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Added my thoughts. — RealFakeKimT 19:32, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Mauritius, British Crown dependencies and the Diamond Princess double count
The Mauritian Governement has set up a site with updated data. covid19.mu
On the 23rd of March 2020, 28 cases, 2 deaths. We should use that site for any further updates.
BTW, why are Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man given special priviledge? All other dependencies are included into the state to which they belong to
And as all the quarantined passengers on the Diamond Princess disembarked, aren't we double counting those who were on the ship and now disseminated across countries Manish2542 (talk) 17:31, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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Add to the External Links Section of this article the following link:
CoVID-GEO - geographical analysis and mapping of Coronavirus COVID-19 related world data through a web-based platform developed by the GeoCHOROS Geospatial Analysis and Research Group at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece 176.58.236.152 (talk) 18:40, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- We have enough links IMO. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:04, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Mortality rate
How should we summarize the mortality rate as this is also going back and forth a lot.
In my opinion this is better than a letter published in Nature on March 19th https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0822-7
Or a viewpoint in JAMA from Feb 24th https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762130
Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:04, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- I agree that WHO is more reputible than the others so it should be changed to fit the WHO naritive. — RealFakeKimT 19:29, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Tell the truth
The US response to this matter is now worse than the disease, and has now progressed to violating everyone's right to a decent life without sufficient ground. Yell stop the fascism! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.242.3.106 (talk) 19:13, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- This page is global. Not US. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:17, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- WP:NOTAFORUM. --Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝) 19:20, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- If you have a consuren you would like to bring up about the USAs handeling of the virus please see Talk:2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States as this is the global page for it. — RealFakeKimT 19:26, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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